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H5Part: Utility Tools

h5pAttrib

h5pAttrib is an inspection tool that prints to stdout the number of timesteps in a file the file attributes, the step attributes, the dataset names and their values. It's simpler to use than h5dump. Usage options are given by typing:

% ./h5pAttrib -h
usage: h5pAttrib [OPTIONS] file

  OPTIONS
   -h, --help           Print help page
   -n, --nstep          Print number of steps
   -A, --fileA          Print file attributes
   -a, --stepA          Print step attributes & values for time step n
   -d, --dataset        Print data sets names & values for time step n
   -H, --header         Print shorter version without the values

Examples

Show file attribute names & values of sample.h5part
Show step attribute names for time step 5 of sample.h5part

h5pToGNUplot

h5pToGNUplot is a converter from H5Part to two column ASCII text format for loading into GNUplot. Usage options are given by typing:

% ./h5pToGNUplot -h

usage: h5pToGNUplot -t TIMESTEP -1 VARIABLE#1 -2 VARIABLE#2 -i INPUTFILE [OPTIONAL_FLAGS]

  FLAGS
   -h, --help           Print help page
   -1, --1var           (REQUIRED) Takes first variable parameter
   -2, --2var           (REQUIRED) Takes second variable parameter
   -i, --input          (REQUIRED) Takes input file name
   -t, --timestep       (REQUIRED) Sets the timestep (Value -1 will result in dumping values of all timesteps.)
   -o, --output         (OPTIONAL) Takes output file name (without this flag, the program will print to stdout)
   -n, --number         (OPTIONAL) Sets number of output points
   -s, --start          (OPTIONAL) Sets the starting particle index

Examples

Create a GNU plot file output.txt from sample.h5part by ploting x vs px for timestep 54
Create a GNU plot file output.txt from sample.h5part by ploting x vs px for timestep 54 using 1200 points from particle index 76