NAME

catalog_convert - convert astronomical catalogs between different formats

SYNOPSIS

    catalog_convert [--infmt FORMAT] [--outfmt FORMAT] [--clobber] INFILE OUTFILE

DESCRIPTION

This program converts catalogs between the various formats which the Astro::Catalog library can read and write. It will attempt to infer the format of the input and output files by the pattern of their names. If this is not successful or the wrong format is inferred, the "--infmt" and / or "--outfmt" options should be specified.

The input and / or output files can be given as -, in which case the program will read from standard input / write to standard output. In this case the corresponding formats must be specified.

OPTIONS

--infmt

The format of the input catalog.

--inopt

Input reading options. This is a comma-separated list of key=value pairs. E.g.:

    telecope=ARECIBO,tag=SCIENCE

--outfmt

The format in which to write the catalog.

--outopt

Output writing options, formatted as for input options.

--clobber

This option can be specified to allow OUTFILE to overwrite an existing file.

FORMATS

The following formats may be supported. Note that not all formats support both reading and writing catalogs.

ASSM
Astrom
Cluster
FINDOFF
FITSTable
GaiaPick
Hedwig
JCMT
JCMT_OT_SC
LCOGTFITSTable
Northstar
RITMatch
SExtractor
STL
Simple
TST
UKIRTBS
VEX
VOTable
XY

COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA