Command-line interface to preview HDF5 files
Project description
Show H5
A simple python-based command-line interface for previewing the contents of HDF5 files.
Install
pip install show_h5
Command line usage
Basic use: python3 show_h5.py FILENAME
View usage: python3 show_h5.py -h
The following flags are also provided:
--section SECTION
: View only the contents of the HDF5 group/dataset within the file--show_attrs
: Show the attributes of the datasets (if not used, defaults to not showing attributes)--show_data
: Show the contents of the datasets (if not used, defaults to only showing the name and dimensions). Warning: this may blow up with large datasets.
API usage
from show_h5 import print_h5
print_h5(h5_filename, section=None, show_attrs=False, show_data=False)
Parameters
h5_filename
: (str) Name/location of the file to show
section
: (str, optional) Group or dataset of the file to show (the default is None, which shows the contents of the whole file)
show_attrs
: (bool, optional) Whether to show dataset attributes (the default is False, which only shows dataset contents)
show_data
: (bool, optional) Whether to show the contents of the dataset. Warning: this can blow up with large datasets (the default is False, which only shows the name and size of the dataset)
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