Hi Ben,
It sounds like ncl_filedump (a stand-alone script packaged with NCL)
will do what you want:
$ ncl_filedump -v xxx,lat isscp.nc
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
NCAR Command Language Version 5.0.0
The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.
Variable: f (file variable)
filename: isscp
path: isscp.nc
file global attributes:
description : ISSCP reduced grid
dimensions:
nodes = 6596
variables:
float lon ( nodes )
units : degrees east
long_name : longitude
float lat ( nodes )
units : degrees north
long_name : latitude
float topo ( nodes )
units : meters above sea level (I think)
long_name : topology
Variables:
${progname}: error: 'xxx' is not a variable in 'isscp.nc'.
lat:
-88.75 -88.75 -88.75 -86.25 -86.25 -86.25
-86.25 -86.25 -86.25 -86.25 -86.25 -86.25
....
-dave
Dave Brown -- NCL development team
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1. smart ncdump? (Ben Foster)
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From: Ben Foster <foster@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [netcdfgroup] smart ncdump?
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Netcdf group:
I find it annoying when ncdump stops if a variable in the -v list
is not found on the file. It would be better if it just printed a
warning and continued. Because of this I have to customize ncdump
commands for different project files. I could certainly write my
own ncdump code w/ IDL or some other language, but it might help
others if ncdump could be improved in this way. Does anyone know
if such a "smart" ncdump already exists?
--Ben
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Nat. Center for Atmos. Res. P.O. Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307 USA
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