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<dt><em>file</em>
<dd>The file to be examined.
</dl>
+<dt><strong>Examples:</strong>
+ <ol>
+ <li>Dumping the group <code>/GroupFoo/GroupBar</code> in the file
+ <code>quux.h5</code>:
+ <blockquote>
+ <code>h5dump -g /GroupFoo/GroupBar quux.h5</code>
+ </blockquote></li>
+ <li>Dumping the dataset <code>Fnord</code> in the group
+ <code>/GroupFoo/GroupBar</code> in the file <code>quux.h5</code>:
+ <blockquote>
+ <code>h5dump -d /GroupFoo/GroupBar/Fnord quux.h5</code>
+ </blockquote></li>
+ <li>Dumping the attribute <code>metadata</code> of the dataset
+ <code>Fnord</code> which is in group
+ <code>/GroupFoo/GroupBar</code> in the file <code>quux.h5</code>:
+ <blockquote>
+ <code>h5dump -a /GroupFoo/GroupBar/Fnord/metadata quux.h5</code>
+ </blockquote></li>
+ </ol>
<dt><strong>Current Status:</strong>
<dd>The current version of <code>h5dump</code> displays the
following information: