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Following is a list of HDF5 Tools and Software:
- HDFView: A visual tool for browsing and editing HDF4 and HDF5 files
- HDF5 Utilities: Tools included with the HDF5 distribution
- HDF Java Products: All of the HDF Java Products, including HDFView and HDF Java wrappers
- h5check: A tool to check the validity of an HDF5 file.
- H4-H5 Conversion Software: A library and tools for converting to and from HDF4 and HDF5.
- HDF5 XML Information Page: DTD and tools for using HDF5 with XML.
- HDF Web-browser Plugin (Windows): Extends a web browser to display HDF4 and HDF5 files. (UNSUPPORTED)
- h5fix_obj_nmsgs: Corrects corrupt object header (rare problem prior to 1.6.6). Search on Miscounted here.
Other Tools:
- 3rd Party Applications: User applications that read / write HDF5 files
HDF5 Utilities
Following is a list of the HDF5 utilities that are available on most platforms supported with HDF5. These utilities are automatically built when building HDF5, and come with the pre-compiled binary distribution of HDF5. They can also be downloaded separately. See the page on Obtaining HDF5.
- gif2h5 - Converts a GIF file into HDF5.
- h5import - Imports ASCII or binary data into HDF5.
- h5diff - Compares two HDF5 files and reports the differences.
- h5repack - Copies an HDF5 file to a new file with or without compression/chunking.
- h52gif - Converts an HDF5 file into GIF.
- h5cc, h5fc, h5c++ - Simplifies compiling an HDF5 application. [ Also see FAQ ]
- h5debug - Debugs an existing HDF5 file at a low level.
- h5dump - Enables the user to examine the contents of an HDF5 file and dump those contents to an ASCII file.
- h5jam/h5unjam - Add/Remove text to/from User Block at the beginning of an HDF5 file.
- h5ls - Lists selected information about file objects in the specified format.
- h5redeploy - Updates HDF5 compiler tools' paths after the HDF5 software has been installed in a new location. See h5cc.
- h5repart - Repartitions a file or family of files.
As of HDF5 1.8.0, you will also see these utilities:
- h5copy - Copies objects to a new HDF5 file
- h5mkgrp - Makes a group in an HDF5 file
- h5stat - Displays object and metadata information for an HDF5 file
- - Last modified:September 18th 2008