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--- bufr.pm:bufralter.pl_help [2010-03-31 14:34:17]
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+++ bufr.pm:bufralter.pl_help [2022-05-31 09:29:31] (current)
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 Usage:
       bufralter.pl <bufr file>
-          [--data <descriptor=value>]
+          [--data <descriptor=value[+]>]
           [--bufr_edition <value>]
           [--centre <value>]
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           [--outfile <file>]
           [--strict_checking n]
+          [--tableformat <BUFRDC|ECCODES>]
           [--tablepath <path to BUFR tables>]
           [--verbose n]
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 Options:
-       --data <descriptor=value> Set data value in section 4 for descriptor.
+       --data <descriptor=value[+]> Set (first) data value in section 4 for
-                        Use 'missing' to set a missing value and repeat the
+                        descriptor. A trailing '+' means that the value
-                        option if more sequence descriptors are to be set.
+                        should be added to existing value. Use 'missing'
-                        Example: --value 004005=10 --value 012101=missing
+                        to set a missing value. Repeat the option if more
-                        This will set the data value for first (and only first!)
+                        sequence descriptors are to be set. Example:
-                        occurrence of these 2 descriptors in every subset and
+                        --data 004004=-1+ --data 004005=50 --data
-                        every message in <bufr file> to the given value.
+=missing This will set the data value for
+                        first (and only first!) occurrence of these 3
+                        descriptors in every subset and every message in
+                        <bufr file> to the given value (subtracting 1 from
+                        the existing value for 004004)
        --bufr_edition <value> Set BUFR edition to <value>. If the new edition
                         involves some metadata not present in the old edition,
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        --compress 0|1   Set compression in section 3 to 0 or 1
        --remove_sec2    Remove optional section 2 if present
-       --remove_qc      Remove all quality information,
+       --remove_qc      Remove all quality control information,
                         i.e. remove all descriptors from 222000 on
        --outfile <filename>
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                                  Nothing more in this message will be
                                  decoded/encoded.
+       --tableformat    Currently supported are BUFRDC and ECCODES (default is BUFRDC)
        --tablepath <path to BUFR tables>
-                        Set path to BUFR tables (overrides ENV{BUFR_TABLES})
+                        Set path to BUFR tables (overrides $ENV{BUFR_TABLES})
-       --verbose n      Set verbose level to n, 0<=n<=3 (default 0). Verbose
+       --verbose n      Set verbose level to n, 0<=n<=6 (default 0). Verbose
                         output is sent to STDOUT, so ought to be combined with
                         option --outfile
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     the environment variable BUFR_TABLES to the directory where your BUFR
     tables are located (unless the default path provided by bufralter.pl
-    works for you).
+    works for you). For tableformat ECCODES, se
+    <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Geo-BUFR/lib/Geo/BUFR.pm#BUFR-TABLE-FILES>
+    for more info on how to set "--tablepath" (or BUFR_TABLES).
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