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authorJonathan Kim <jkm@hdfgroup.org>2012-03-21 18:56:36 (GMT)
committerJonathan Kim <jkm@hdfgroup.org>2012-03-21 18:56:36 (GMT)
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[svn-r22108] Purpose:
HDFFV-7523 JPSS: h5dump fails to open an attribute when using the -a option to specify an attribute with a slash in the name Description: Update command line help page and test generating file. Previous commits: r22052, r22063 Tested: jam (linux32-LE), koala (linux64-LE), cmake (jam)
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@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ usage: h5dump [OPTIONS] files
-e, --escape Escape non printing characters
-V, --version Print version number and exit
-a P, --attribute=P Print the specified attribute
+ If an attribute name contains a slash (/), escape the
+ slash with a preceding backslash (\).
+ (See example section below.)
-d P, --dataset=P Print the specified dataset
-y, --noindex Do not print array indices with the data
-p, --properties Print dataset filters, storage layout and fill value
@@ -81,6 +84,10 @@ usage: h5dump [OPTIONS] files
h5dump -a /bar_none/foo quux.h5
+ Attribute "high/low" of the group /bar_none in the file quux.h5
+
+ h5dump -a "/bar_none/high\/low" quux.h5
+
2) Selecting a subset from dataset /foo in file quux.h5
h5dump -d /foo -s "0,1" -S "1,1" -c "2,3" -k "2,2" quux.h5