wgrib2: -inv
Introduction
The -inv option redirects the inventory to
a file. This option could be used with an option to send decoded
data to STDOUT.
$ wgrib2 file -inv my.inv -text - -no_header -match ':HGT:500 mb:' | JOB
-inv my.inv writes the inventory to my.inv
-text - write the decoded data as a text file to stdout
-no_header no header
JOB is some program that reads the raw data from stdin
The -inv option is similar but different from saving
stdout.
$ wgrib2 file -inv my.inv
$ wgrib2 file >my.inv2
In the above example, my.inv and my2.inv will be the same. However,
wgrib2 can be used as a grib filter. In this case, grib data is read
from stdin and written to stdout.
$ cat FILE1 FILE2 | wgrib2 - -match ':HGT:500 mb:' -grib - -inv /dev/null | \
wgrib2 - -new_grid_winds earth -new_grid ncep grid 3 newgrd.grb
The -inv option is very specialized and helps
when you want to imbed wgrib2 within another program. For example,
reading a grib2 record from within perl program is easy.
open(DATA, "wgrib2 file -inv /dev/null -text - -no_header -match ':HGT:500 mb:' |");
Usage
-inv FILE
See also:
-text
-bin
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