---
name: "wdf-export"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-renishawwire"
version: "0.1.16-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wdf-export"
---

# wdf-export(1)

wdf-export

## NAME

wdf-export - wdf-export

## DESCRIPTION

usage: wdf-export \[-h\] \[-o OUTPUT\] \[-f FORMAT\] \[-p PRECISION\] wdf\_file

Simple script to convert Renishaw wdf spectroscopy files into plain text files. The first 3 lines in the header are: - Brief information of measurement - Positions of spectra points, if exist - Wavenumber and indices of points

### positional arguments:

- wdf\_file

  Renishaw wdf for input

### options:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-o**, **--output** OUTPUT

  name of the exported plain text file. If not specified, use the base name of the .wdf file

- **-f**, **--format** FORMAT

  format of exported, valid values .csv (comma-separated) .txt (space-separated)

- If not specified, guess from the output file name.

  Note: **-f** option is ignored when the output file name already have an extension.

- **-p**, **--precision** PRECISION

  precision of exported data. Use printf-compatible format such as %2.4f.