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| MATCH(1) | User Commands | MATCH(1) |
NAME¶
Match - match catalogs by 1D or 2D positions
SYNOPSIS¶
astmatch [OPTION...] ASTRdata
DESCRIPTION¶
Match is part of GNU Astronomy Utilities 0.22. Match matches catalogs of objects and (by default) will return the re-arranged matching inputs. The optional log file will return low-level information about the match (indexs and distances).
For more information, please run any of the following commands. In particular the second contains a very comprehensive explanation of Match's invocation: expected input(s), output(s), and a full description of all the options.
- All options and their values:
- $ astmatch -P
- Inputs/Outputs and options:
- $ info astmatch
- Full section in manual/book:
- $ info Match
- Full Gnuastro manual/book:
- $ info gnuastro
If you couldn't find your answer in the manual, you can get direct help from experienced Gnuastro users and developers. For more information, please run:
- $ info help-gnuastro
Match options:
- Input:
- -h, --hdu=STR/INT
- Extension name or number of first input.
- -H, --hdu2=STR/INT
- Extension name or number of second input.
- -I, --ignorecase
- Ignore case in matching/searching columns.
- --searchin=STR
- Select column(s): 'name', 'unit', 'comment'.
- --stdintimeout=INT
- Micro-seconds to wait for standard input.
- Output:
- -D, --dontdelete
- Don't delete output if it exists.
- -K, --keepinputdir
- Keep input directory for automatic output.
- -l, --logasoutput
- No rearranging of inputs, output is log file
- --notmatched
- Output is rows that don't match.
- --outcols=STR
- Out cols in CSV, 'a': first, 'b': second input.
- --outfitsnocommit
- No Git commit in 0-th HDU of output FITS.
- --outfitsnoconfig
- No metadata in 0-th HDU of output FITS.
- --outfitsnodate
- No 'DATE' in 0-th HDU of output FITS.
- --outfitsnoversions
- No versions in 0-th HDU of output FITS.
- -o, --output=STR
- Output file name.
- --tableformat=STR
- Table fmt: 'fits-ascii', 'fits-binary', 'txt'.
- --wcslinearmatrix=STR
- WCS linear matrix of output ('pc' or 'cd').
- Catalog matching
- -a, --aperture=FLT[,...]
- Acceptable aperture for matching.
- -c, --ccol1=STR[,STR]
- Column name/number of first catalog.
- -C, --ccol2=STR[,STR]
- Column name/number of second catalog.
- -d, --coord=FLT[,FLT]
- Manually input coordiantes.
- --kdtreehdu=STR
- HDU of k-d tree when --kdtree=FILE.fits.
- -k, --kdtree=STR
- build, internal, disable, CUSTOM-FITS-FILE.
- Operating modes:
- -?, --help
- give this help list
- --checkconfig
- List all config files and variables read.
- --cite
- BibTeX citation for this program.
- --config=STR
- Read configuration file STR immediately.
- --config-prefix=STR
- Custom prefix of option names config files.
- --lastconfig
- Do not parse any more configuration files.
- --log
- Information about output(s) in a log file.
- --minmapsize=INT
- Min. bytes to avoid RAM automatically.
- -N, --numthreads=INT
- Number of CPU threads to use.
- --onlyversion=STR
- Only run if the program version is STR.
- -P, --printparams
- Print parameter values to be used and abort.
- --quietmmap
- Don't print mmap'd file's name and size.
- -q, --quiet
- Only report errors, remain quiet about steps.
- -S, --setdirconf
- Set default values for this directory and abort.
- --usage
- give a short usage message
- -U, --setusrconf
- Set default values for this user and abort.
- -V, --version
- print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.
GNU Astronomy Utilities home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuastro/
REPORTING BUGS¶
Report bugs to bug-gnuastro@gnu.org.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2015-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU General public license version 3 or later.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written/developed by Mohammad Akhlaghi
SEE ALSO¶
The full documentation for Match is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and Match programs are properly installed at your site, the command
- info Match
should give you access to the complete manual.
| February 2024 | GNU Astronomy Utilities 0.22 |