Re: [netcdfgroup] streaming ncdump?

• To: netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche@xxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] streaming ncdump?
• From: Ted Mansell <ted.mansell@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:59:50 -0500

Wouldn't you have to use 'dd' (or equivalent) for binary data, rather than 
'cat'?

- Ted

On Mar 29, 2012, at 3:00 PM, Tom Roche wrote:

> 
> This may be a *x question, or just totally wrongheaded, but thought
> I'd ask: can one stream to netCDF tools (e.g., `ncdump`)? Why I ask:
> 
> I've got data on one host which has netCDF configuration problems.
> I've got another host on the same LAN which does not. So I thought I'd
> 
> me@goodNetCDF:~ $ ssh badNetCDF 'cat /path/to/netCDF/data' | ncdump -h
> 
> but that failed. Yes, I know I could just copy the file to /tmp :-)
> but I thought I'd ask.
> 
> TIA, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche@xxxxxxxxx>
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