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wgrib2: -Sec4

Introduction:

The -Sec4 option prints a short summary of Section 4, the product definition section.

$ wgrib2 -Sec4 png.grb2 
1:4:Sec4 len=36 #vert coordinate=0 Product Defn Template=4.2 size=36 free=0

len=36                        Section 4 is 36 octets/bytes in length
#vert coordinate=0            no vertical coordinates have been defined
Product Defn Template=4.2     using Product Definition Template 4.2  (Code Table 4.0)
size=36                       Size of PDT excluding vertical coordinates
free=0                        Should be zero, len-size-8*#vert_coordinates

Usage

-Sec4
See also: -pdt,

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