---
name: "ncinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-netcdf4"
version: "1.7.2-1+b4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ncinfo"
---

# ncinfo(1)

a program to print summary information about a netCDF file

## NAME

ncinfo - a program to print summary information about a netCDF file

## SYNOPSIS

**ncinfo** \[**-h**\] \[**-g\|--group=*grp***\] \[**-v\|--variable=*var***\] \[**-d\|--dimension=*dim***\] *filename*\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **ncinfo** command.

**ncinfo** is a program that prints summary information about a netCDF file

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **-h**

  Shows a summary of the available options.

- **-g grp, --group=grp**

  Prints information for this group. The default group is the root group. Nested groups are specified using posix paths e.g. group1/group2/group3.

- **-v \<variable name\>, --variable=\<variable name\>**

  Prints information for this variable.

- **-d \<dimension name\>, --dimension=\<dimension name\>**

  Prints information for this dimension.

- The filename of the netCDF file must be supplied as the last argument.

  ## SEE ALSO

[**nc3tonc4**(1)](/nc3tonc4/1.md), [**nc4tonc3**(1)](/nc4tonc3/1.md).\

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Ross Gammon \<rossgammon@mail.dk\> based on the options displayed by ncinfo -h.