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FIHEADER

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
General options:
Read keyword values:
Altering FITS headers:
REPORTING BUGS
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NAME

fiheader - reading and manipulating FITS header keywords

SYNOPSIS

fiheader [ opions ] [ input ] [ -o|--output <output> ]

DESCRIPTION

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:

-h , --help

Gives general summary about the command line options.

--long-help , --help-long

Gives a detailed list of command line options.

--wiki-help , --help-wiki , --mediawiki-help , --help-mediawiki

Gives a detailed list of command line options in Mediawiki format.

--version , --version-short , --short-version

Gives some version information about the program.

-i , --input <image file>

Name of the input FITS image file.

-o , --output <image file>

Name of the output FITS image file (can be the same as the input image file).

Read keyword values:

-g , --get , --read <keyword>,...

List of keywords to get from FITS header.

-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.

-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:

-s , --set , --update <keyword>=<value>[/<comment>],...

List of keywords with their new values (and optional comments) to be altered.

-a , --append <keyword>=<value>[/<comment>],...

List of keywords with their new values (and optional comments) to be appended to the existing list of keywords.

-d , --delete <keyword>,...

List of keywords to be removed from the header.

--force-alter-reserved-keywords

Enable to alter reserved FITS keywords (use with caution).

-w , --rewrite

Re-write the input file(s) directly. Use this option exclusively from -o |--output.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <apal@szofi.net>, see also https://fitsh.net/.