xrit 1.0.6

xRIT Parser Toolkit
======================

A toolkit to parse / dump HRIT / LRIT files.

### xritparse

Parses xRIT file Header and print in a human readable format.

```
Usage:
xritparse [-hi] filen.lrit [file2.lrit]
-h Print Structured Header Record
-i Print Image Data Record
```

##### Example:

```
# xritparse DCSdat363042229684.lrit
Parsing file DCSdat363042229684.lrit
Primary Header:
File Type Code: DCS
Header Length: 89
Data Field Length: 1617088

NOAA Specific Header
Signature: NOAA
Product ID: DCS
Product SubId: None
Parameter: 11500
Compression: Not Compressed

Annotation Record
Filename: DCSdat363042229684.lrit

Timestamp Record
DateTime: 2016-12-28 04:22:00

DCS Filename:
Filename: pL-16363042229-A.dcs
```

### xritdump

Dumps the data section of a HRIT/LRIT file.
PS: This does not convert or process anything. It just saves the data section.

```
Usage:
xritdump filename.lrit output.bin
```

### xritcat

Reads the data section of a HRIT/LRIT file and prints to stdout.

```
Usage:
xritcat filename.lrit
```

## Python Library

This also can be used as a python library by importing `xrit`. The documentation is still WIP. Please us the module executables as a reference.

## Installing

The package is available at `pip`. Just run:

```
sudo pip install xrit
```