Option keywords
basic concept
The UltraSTAR commands accept option keywords to contral the actual
function of the process. It is like usual UNIX/Linux commands.
All option keywords for the STAR/Ultra commands
are started the character "-".
In many cases the similar operation is done with the similar option
keywords for the different commands.
For example the "-v" option means a velocity range to show on screen
for display, mdisplay, baseline, spurious commands.
All option keywords can be asigned by the "parameter file".
If your choses are almost always the same, I recommend to use the
"parameter files".
See the "parameter file" section in detail.
common option keywords
Typical option keywords and their short descriptions are shown as
the following but please check in detail for each command.
- -v
- velocity range to show.
- -T
- temperature range to show.
- -prm
- the name of input .prm file
- -keywordlist
- only showing the list of option keywords in the standard error message
(usually on the shell window). All other process is stopped.
value format
Some option keywords require or accept values to define the procedure
unambigously. One or some of the correct formats are required
from the following 7 types of values.
- name
- Any ASCII characters are accepted. The blank and tab characters
are accepted the command itself but the UNIX/Linux command shell will
process these characters as the separator in the command line.
To avoid this you should use the ESC-character (usually backslash) or
with quoto. See the UNIX/Linux command shell manuals in detail.
- value
- Value is given like interger or flowting point expression.
If the option can accept only integer value but the value is given
with ".", the command omits the character after ".".
- angle value
- Some option keywords require this type. It is expression for the
angle or time like 12d23m45.6s.
See the angle value expression section.
- range of values
- Some option keywords require or accept this type.
Two values are connected by the character ",". No space are accepted
in the option value. For example, "12,34" means the range from 12 to 34.
Some commands are sensitive which is start of the range and which is end.
But others are not.
- ranges of values
- Some option keywords require or accept this type.
Two or more "range of values" are connetced by the character ":".
No space are accepted in the option value.
For expample, "-12,34:56,78" means two ranges from -12 to 34 and
form 56 to 78.
- range of angle values
- The same as "the range of values" but for "angle values".
- ranges of angle values
- The same as "the ranges of values" but for "angle values".
MANUAL VERSION
1998/5/13 T.Handa