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.TH RCOLLATE 1 7/8/97 RADIANCE |
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.SH NAME |
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rcollate - resize or transpose matrix data |
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rcollate - resize or re-order matrix data |
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.SH SYNOPSIS |
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.B rcollate |
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would all be equivalent. |
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Note that the lack of row separators in binary files means that |
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.I rcollate |
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does not actually do anything for binary files unless the transpose |
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option is given, also. |
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does not actually do anything for binary files unless the data is being |
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re-ordered. |
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If an input header is present, it may contain the format, number of components |
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and matrix dimensions. |
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The transpose option, |
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.I \-t |
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swaps rows and columns on the input. |
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For binary files, the user must specify at least one input or output |
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dimension to define the matrix size. |
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For binary files with no header information, the user must |
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specify at least one input or output dimension to define the matrix size. |
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For ASCII files, |
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.I rcollate |
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will automatically determine the number of columns based on the |
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position of the first EOL (end-of-line) character, and the number |
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of rows based on the total count of records in the file. |
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The user may override these determinations, allowing the matrix to |
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be resized as well as transposed. |
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If input and output dimensions are given, the number of input rows |
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must equal the number of output columns, |
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be resized or re-ordered as well as transposed. |
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If input and output dimensions are given and there is no block re-ordering, |
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the number of input rows must equal the number of output columns, |
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and the number of input columns must equal the number of output rows. |
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For large transpose operations on Unix systems, it is most efficient |
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to specify the input file on the command line, rather than reading |
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from the standard input, since |
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.I rcollate |
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can map the file directly into virtual memory. |
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If the |
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.I \-o |
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option is also given with multiple block levels, the transpose operation |
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will logically precede the reblocking operation, regardless of the order |
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they are given on the command line. |
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will logically precede the re-ordering operation, regardless of their |
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position on the command line. |
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.SH EXAMPLES |
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To change put 8760 color triplets per row in a matrix with no header: |
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.IP "" .2i |
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.SH AUTHOR |
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Greg Ward |
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.SH NOTES |
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For large transpose or re-ordering operations on Unix systems, |
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it is most efficient to specify the input file on the command line, |
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rather than reading from the standard input, since |
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.I rcollate |
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can map the file directly into virtual memory. |
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.PP |
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The |
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.I rcollate |
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command is rather inflexible when it comes to output field and record |
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Output row separtors will always be an EOL, which may differ between systems. |
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If no options are given on the command line, or a binary file is specified |
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without a transpose, |
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without a transpose or re-ordering, |
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.I rcollate |
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issues a warning and simply copies its input to its standard output. |
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.SH "SEE ALSO" |
