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extract a sub-table from a GMT colour palette table (cpt).

Synopsis

cptclip -R min/max [-h] [-o file] [-s] [-v] [-V] [file]

Description

The cptclip utility extracts a sub-table from a cpt format file. The arguments to the mandatory -R option, min/max, are interpreted as the (z) limits of the output unless the -s switch is specified, in which case they are the segment numbers.

The program will read from stdin if a file is not specified as the final argument, and write to stdout if the -o option is not specified.

Note that much of the functionality of this program is included in recent versions of the GMT program makecpt(1).

Options

--backtrace-file path

Specify a file to which to write a formatted backtrace. The file will only be created if there is a backtrace created, typically when an error occurs.

--backtrace-format format

Specify the format of the backtrace written to the files specified by --backtrace-file, one of plain, xml or json.

-h,  --help

Brief help.

-o,  --output file

Write the output to file, rather than stdout.

-R,  --range min/max

The (z) range of the output, or the segments if the -s switch is also given.

-s,  --segments

The min and max arguments of the -R switch are interpreted as the segment numbers (starting at one).

-v,  --verbose

Verbose operation.

-V,  --version

Version information.

Examples

Extract the table with z-range from 2.5 to 5:

cptclip -v -o new.cpt -R 2.5/5 old.cpt

Extract the table with the first 5 segments:

cptclip -v -s -o new.cpt -R 1/5 old.cpt

Author

J.J. Green

See Also

GMT(1), makecpt(1).

Info

6 September 2023 cptutils 1.77 User commands