fiheader1
Reading and manipulating fits header keywords
Usage
fiheader [opions]
[input]
[{-o | --output
<output>}]
Overview
This program allows the user to read, set, alter or remove a set of values associated with the specified keywords from the primary header unit (a.k.a. simply "header") of a FITS image file.
Options
General options:
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-h, --help -
Gives general summary about the command line options.
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--long-help, --help-long -
Gives a detailed list of command line options.
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--wiki-help, --help-wiki, --mediawiki-help, --help-mediawiki -
Gives a detailed list of command line options in Mediawiki format.
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--version, --version-short, --short-version -
Gives some version information about the program.
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Name of the input FITS image file. |
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Name of the output FITS image file (can be the same as the input image file). |
Read keyword values:
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-g, --get, --read <keyword>,... -
List of keywords to get from FITS header.
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-F, --format <format> -
Format of the output, space separated list of the arguments "filename", "keyword", "value", "comment" or "list", in the desired order. The "list" here is a list of tab-separated values of matched keywords.
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-x, --extension <extension> -
Read keyword values from the given extension.
Note that shell wildcard character patterns can be used in the keyword specifications.
Altering FITS headers:
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-s, --set, --update <keyword>=<value>[/<comment>],... -
List of keywords with their new values (and optional comments) to be altered.
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-a, --append <keyword>=<value>[/<comment>],... -
List of keywords with their new values (and optional comments) to be appended to the existing list of keywords.
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-d, --delete <keyword>,... -
List of keywords to be removed from the header.
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--force-alter-reserved-keywords -
Enable to alter reserved FITS keywords (use with caution).
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-w, --rewrite -
Re-write the input file(s) directly. Use this option exclusively from
-o|--output.
Releases
5 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 1 time.