UTILITY tasks


The following tasks belong to the category UTILITY:
``General utilities'' In parentheses the name of the source file is given.
CALC
Calculate expressions (using variables) and exercise GIPSY input syntax (calc.c)
CBLANK
Converts datavalues to BLANK and vice versa. CBLANK also checks whether the data are legal (i.e. it checks for NaN's etc. and replaces them by BLANKS). (cblank.shl)
CODER
Create C-code for simple programs (coder.c)
COLA
Control language for use with Hermes. (cola.c)
CREATE
Creates a SET (and subsets) (create.shl)
CURSOR
Write positions (GRIDS and PHYSICAL coordinates), pointed with an interactive graphics cursor in a GIDS overlay, to screen or ASCII file. Write also (interpolated) image values. (cursor.c)
DELETE
Delete sets (delete.c)
DISK
DISK lists the contents of the current directory and lists some properties of GIPSY sets. (disk.c)
DSSLOAD
Loads a Digitized Sky Survey FITS file into a GIPSY set. (dssload.c)
EXTEND
Copy set and extend new set with one or more axes. Change size of set. (extend.c)
EXTRACT-QRC
Program to extract resources from a QT resource file. This tool is useful to developpers only (qrc.src)
FIT
Fit a set of data points (Xi,Yi) to a model, that depends nonlinearly on its parameters, using a Chi-squared minimization. (fit.c)
FITSREAD
Load FITS images from file or URL into a GIPSY set. (fitsread.src)
FIXHED
Add, change, delete or list item(s) in set header (fixhed.c)
FUNPLOT
Interactive function plotting utility. (funplot.src)
GDS2TEXT
Put GDS image data in ASCII file and vv. Use a format for the numbers. Add (physical coordinates) to the data if in 'export' mode. (gds2text.c)
GETVAL
Get image values at given positions in a set (getval.c)
HEADER
Display header information (header.c)
HELP
Display purpose lines or categories or complete documentation of tasks (subroutines and general items). Data can be directed to printer also. (help.c)
HISTORY
read, or update history or comment in set header (history.c)
inidisplay
Initializes the display for GIPSY applications. (inidisplay.c)
lfits
List FITS files on a tape (lfits.c)
MINBOX
MINBOX calculates the smallest box in a (sub)set, outside which only blanks exist and creates an output set with the calculated box size. It stores the box in physical coordinates in the header of the set. (minbox.c)
MPEG
Record a series of window snapshots and combine these in an MPEG movie. (mpeg.src)
MTCOPY
Copies selected files from one tape device to another tape device. Tape device can be a real tape unit or a directory on disk. (mtcopy.c)
MTLIST
Lists files on a tape device. (mtlist.c)
NEWS
Displays the GIPSY news items. (news.c)
PLAYER
PLAYER allows the user to execute a simple script containing keyword changes, or 'events' for an other task. In this way it appears as if PLAYER pushes the other task's buttons, etc. (player.src)
PLOTSYM
Plot PGPLOT's marker- and Hershey symbols (plotsym.c)
pplot.c
Plot the intensity along a line through a set. (pplot.c)
PRINT
print part of a (sub)set on terminal/printer. (print.c)
PYCHECK
Python packages and modules checker (pycheck.src)
RANDOM
Generate random numbers from various distributions. Add noise to sets. Write random numbers to an (ascii) file on disk. (random.c)
RECOVER
Recover a corrupt GDS set (recover.f)
REGRID
Create an output map with different grid along one axis. (regrid.c)
RENAME
Renames a GDS set. (rename.c)
RENZOGRAM
Build and execute a GPLOT input file that plots contours per level for different subsets. The contours can be plotted on a set displayed in GIDS. (renzogram.c)
report
reports a bug or a wish (report.c)
REWIND
Rewinds a tape. (rewind.c)
RFITS
Load FITS files from tape into a GIPSY set. (rfits.c)
RHEAD
list header elements ( descriptors ) and their level in grids (rhead.shl)
SCALE
Program to scale the data in subsets by a factor and an offset. (scale.shl)
SETBROWSER
Program to compose and send input to Hermes for tasks which need a GIPSY set or FITS file (setbrowser.src)
SKIP
Skips files forward or backward on tape. (skip.c)
SKYCALC
Calculator for transformation of single positions between sky systems (skycalc)
SKYCALQ
Calculator for transformation of single positions between sky systems. (skycalq.src)
SKYTOOL
Interactive coordinate transformation utility. (skytool.c)
SKYTRANS
Transformation between equatorial, galactic, ecliptic and supergalactic coordinates. (skytrans.c)
SNAPPER
Replace values by a box with other values e.g. for removing a bad perimeter of a velocity field. (snapper.c)
TABLE
GIPSY Table maintenance program (table.c)
TRANSFORM
Transform a (sub)set using rotation, scaling, translation etc. (transform.c)
WFITS
Writes disk set and subsets onto magnetic tape (or disk) in FITS format. (wfits.c)

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