WGRIB2 Question

[Mark Sponsler]

Wesley,
The first suggestion works like a charm on my limited Windows XP system.
The second one looks to require s Unix OS.  Either way, it's a solution!
Thanks very much.
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Thanks,
Mark

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From: Wesley Ebisuzaki <Wesley.Ebisuzaki at NOAA.GOV>

> Mark Sponsler wrote:
> > Is it possible to write the invetory from wgrib2 out to a text file? I
> > don't need the actual data values in the grib, just the inventory. The
> > best I can do now is using the -spread option, which writes a snipet of
> > the invetory out along with all the data (which will work in a pinch):
> > wgrib2.exe grib_file -v -d 1 | wgrib2.exe -i grib_file -spread
> > rec1_out.txt
> >
> > Just trying to get the 'date' out of the first record so I can automate
> > building a ctl file.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
> >
> Mark,
>
> How about
>
> wgrib2 grib -d 1 > line1
>
> or
>
> date=`wgrib2 new.grb2 -d 1 -t | sed 's/.*d=//'`
>
> Wesley
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