.. _silx view: silx view ========= .. figure:: http://www.silx.org/doc/silx/img/silx-view-v1-0.gif :align: center Purpose ------- The *silx view* command is provided to open data files in a graphical user interface. It allows to select a particular piece of data or a particular header in structured data formats, and to view this data in plot widgets or in simple table views. .. |imgViewImg| image:: img/silx-view-image.png :height: 300px :align: middle .. |imgViewTable| image:: img/silx-view-table.png :height: 300px :align: middle .. |imgViewHdf5| image:: img/silx-view-hdf5.png :height: 300px :align: middle .. list-table:: :widths: 1 2 * - |imgViewImg| - Image view * - |imgViewTable| - Viewing raw data as values in a table * - |imgViewHdf5| - Viewing metadata and HDF5 attributes Usage ----- .. code-block:: none silx view [-h] [--slices SLICES [SLICES ...]] [--debug] [--use-opengl-plot] [-f] [--hdf5-file-locking] [files ...] Options ------- .. code-block:: none -h, --help show this help message and exit --slices SLICES [SLICES ...] List of slice indices to open (Only for dataset) --debug Set logging system in debug mode --use-opengl-plot Use OpenGL for plots (instead of matplotlib) -f, --fresh Start the application using new fresh user preferences --hdf5-file-locking Start the application with HDF5 file locking enabled (it is disabled by default) Examples of usage ----------------- Open file(s) ............ .. code-block:: none silx view 31oct98.dat silx view *.edf silx view myfile.h5 Open HDF5 dataset(s) .................... Using the HDF5 path to the dataset: .. code-block:: none silx view my_hdf5_file.h5::entry/instrument/detector/data Using wildcard: .. code-block:: none silx view my_hdf5_file.h5::entry/*/data Open HDF5 dataset slices ........................ Open first and last slices of datasets: .. code-block:: none silx view my_hdf5_file.h5::entry/*/data --slices 0 -1