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fitsort

Sort out information produced by dfits in columns.

fitsort extracts keyword values from a set of FITS files and outputs it in an ASCII table format which is compatible with most data processing software packages. It shall only be used in combination with dfits. Examples:

     % dfits *.fits | fitsort BITPIX NAXIS NAXIS1 NAXIS2 NAXIS3

     The output would look like:
     File name      NAXIS    NAXIS1   NAXIS2    NAXIS3
     file0001.fits  3        128      128       20
     file0002.fits  2        512      512
     ...

ESO specific features in the FITS header are also supported. To get values for HIERARCH ESO keywords, give the complete names within double quotes or the shortFITS names. e.g. (the command is case-insensitive):

    % dfits *.fits | fitsort "HIERARCH ESO INS LENS"
    % dfits *.fits | fitsort "HIERARCH ESO DET DIT"

    % dfits *.fits | fitsort "hierarch eso ins lens"
    % dfits *.fits | fitsort "hierarch eso det dit"

    % dfits *.fits | fitsort INS.LENS
    % dfits *.fits | fitsort DET.DIT

    % dfits *.fits | fitsort ins.lens
    % dfits *.fits | fitsort det.dit

• fitsort manual page
• fitsort.c

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