<div dir="ltr">i) Yes. As far as I know, a control file is just a text file, so it can be written using any software that writes text files. <div style>ii) I don't think the extension '.ctl' is required, but if it is, just rename the file in Windows Explorer (assuming you're using Windows). You can test to see if that extension is required by trying 'open controlfile' as is (without the .ctl extension) and see if Grads opens it.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Jeff Duda</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Namrata Kala <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:namrata.kala@yale.edu" target="_blank">namrata.kala@yale.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Apologies for the very fundamental question. I'm new to grads and have spent quite a while on tutorials but couldn't find the answer to these questions:<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>i) Can I write a ctl file using wordpad?</div>
<div>ii) If so, how do I save it such that grads recognizes it as a ctl file and I can type </div><div>"open controlfilename.ctl" into grads to open the associated data?</div><div>ii) If not, can anyone please what software I can use to write a ctil file?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks so much,</div><div>Namrata</div></div>
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