ptdump (1)

Leading comments

                                     Hey, EMACS: 
First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)

(The comments found at the beginning of the groff file "man1/ptdump.1".)

NAME

ptdump - Lets you dig into the contents of a PyTables file.

SYNOPSIS

ptdump [-dvacih] [-R start,stop,step] file[:nodepath]

DESCRIPTION

Allows you look into the contents of your PyTables files. It lets you see not only the data but also the metadata (that is, the structure and additional information in the form of attributes).

OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

-d

Dump data information on leaves.

-v

Dump more metainformation on nodes.

-a

Show attributes in nodes (only useful when -v or -d are active).

-c

Show info of columns in tables (only useful when -v or -d are active).

-i

Show info of indexed column (only useful when -v or -d are active).

-R start,stop,step

Select a range of rows in the form "start,stop,step" for all leaves.

-h

Print help on usage.

SEE ALSO

ptrepack(1).
These utilities are documented fully by PyTables user's manual.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Francesc Altet <faltet@carabos.com>.