Help for IBIS
IBIS is an IBIS-2 program, designed to provide basic file utilities
for IBIS-2 and IBIS-1 tabular and graphics files.
When IBIS is invoked on the command line, the mode of operation
is determined by the subcommand which is used. For help on the
parameters of IBIS-GEN, type -GEN (etc.). For general help on the
operation of the subcommand, type HELP GEN (etc.)
WRITTEN BY: N. D. Ritter Mar 1994
COGNIZANT PROGRAMMER: N. D. Ritter Mar 1994
REVISION HISTORY:
2019-05-28 WLB - Cleaned up declaration compiler warnings, test.
PARAMETERS:
GR1DIM
GRAPHICS-1 dimension.
.SUBCMD GEN
Create a new IBIS file.
OUT
Output file name
ORG
Org. by ROW or COLUMN?
FORMAT
Column Formats
VERSION
IBIS-1 or IBIS-2?
FMTCOLS
Which cols are formatted?
DEFFMT
Default Column Format
TYPE
IBIS-2 Subtype
NR
Number of Rows
NC
Number of Columns
DATA
Numerical Data for cols
DATACOLS
Columns to put data in
STRING
String Data for cols
STRCOLS
Columns to put strings in
INDEXCOL
Place Index #'s in Column
.SUBCMD LIST
List column values of IBIS file.
INP
Input file
SR
Starting Row
SC
Starting Column
NR
Number of Rows
NC
Number of Columns
COLS
Specific Columns to list
SCREEN
Screen Size
SPACE
Blank line interval
CSIZE
Physical column sizes
UNITS
List UNITS ?
GROUPS
List GROUPS ?
FORMATS
List FORMATS ?
HEADER
List Header Info?
COLHEAD
List Column Header?
INTCOLS
IBIS-1 INTEGER Columns
A4COLS
IBIS-1 ASCII Columns
CFORMAT
C-formatting string.
PREAMBLE
User-defined header.
OUTFILE
Optional output file.
.SUBCMD COPY
Copy columns of IBIS file.
INP
Input IBIS file
OUT
Output IBIS file
SR
Starting Row
SC
Starting Column
NR
Number of Rows
NC
Number of Columns
COLS
Specific Columns to copy
OUTCOLS
Destination Columns
ORG
Org. by ROW or COLUMN?
VERSION
IBIS-1 or IBIS-2?
TYPE
IBIS-2 Subtype
GROUPS
Copy Column Groups?
UNITS
Copy Column Units?
.SUBCMD CATENATE
Catenate columns of several IBIS files.
INP
Input IBIS file
OUT
Output IBIS file
ORG
Org. by ROW or COLUMN?
TYPE
IBIS-2 Subtype
GROUPS
Copy Column Groups?
UNITS
Copy Column Units?
MODE
Catenate by ROWS or COLUMNS?
VERSION
IBIS-1 or IBIS-2?
.SUBCMD GROUP
Defines/Delete an IBIS GROUP.
INP
Input IBIS-2 file
TYPE
Type of Group
NAME
Name of group
COLS
Columns defining group
EXPR
Expression defining group
ACTION
Create or Delete this group?
See Examples:
Cognizant Programmer: