Hi!
I would like to ask whether it is possible to print the contents of a hdf5 file
in a more compact manner than h5dump does, and with attribute info, which h5ls
does not print. Let me show you an example of what I mean.
The file example.h5 contains several datasets:
% h5ls -r example.h5
/ Group
/group Group
/group/d1 Dataset {10, 5}
/group/d2 Dataset {3}
/group/two Group
/group/two/d1 Dataset {10, 5}
/group/two/d2 Dataset {3}
But I would like to also see the attributes, in some format or another. This
could, for example, look like this:
% h5ls --my-favorite-options example.h5
/
/group/
attributes: alpha = -3
beta = "hello"
datasets: d1: float (10, 5)
d2: integer (3)
attributes: delta = "foo"
gamma = "bar"
/group/two
datasets: d1: float(10, 5)
d2: integer(3)
Here, more information is given: the size and type of datasets as well as all
attributes. This makes it easier to decipher what the (meaning of the) file
contents are.
h5dump -A example.h5 gives me all this information, but it is a tad too verbose
for human readability, in my opinion (see bottom of email).
Is there a (combination of) flag(s) to h5dump or h5ls that will do this? If
not, it would be nice to get this feature, in order to more easily decipher
what a file's contents and structure are. I would be interested in helping out
myself, although it could be difficult to find time in the near future.
Cheers
Paul
% h5dump -A example.h5
HDF5 "example.h5" {
GROUP "/" {
GROUP "group" {
ATTRIBUTE "alpha" {
DATATYPE H5T_STD_I64LE
DATASPACE SCALAR
DATA {
(0): 3
}
}
ATTRIBUTE "beta" {
DATATYPE H5T_STRING {
STRSIZE 5;
STRPAD H5T_STR_NULLPAD;
CSET H5T_CSET_ASCII;
CTYPE H5T_C_S1;
}
DATASPACE SCALAR
DATA {
(0): "hello"
}
}
DATASET "d1" {
DATATYPE H5T_STD_I64LE
DATASPACE SIMPLE { ( 10, 5 ) / ( 10, 5 ) }
}
DATASET "d2" {
DATATYPE H5T_STD_I64LE
DATASPACE SIMPLE { ( 3 ) / ( 3 ) }
ATTRIBUTE "delta" {
DATATYPE H5T_STRING {
STRSIZE 3;
STRPAD H5T_STR_NULLPAD;
CSET H5T_CSET_ASCII;
CTYPE H5T_C_S1;
}
DATASPACE SCALAR
DATA {
(0): "foo"
}
}
ATTRIBUTE "gamma" {
DATATYPE H5T_STRING {
STRSIZE 3;
STRPAD H5T_STR_NULLPAD;
CSET H5T_CSET_ASCII;
CTYPE H5T_C_S1;
}
DATASPACE SCALAR
DATA {
(0): "bar"
}
}
}
GROUP "two" {
DATASET "d1" {
DATATYPE H5T_STD_I64LE
DATASPACE SIMPLE { ( 10, 5 ) / ( 10, 5 ) }
}
DATASET "d2" {
DATATYPE H5T_STD_I64LE
DATASPACE SIMPLE { ( 3 ) / ( 3 ) }
}
}
}
}
}
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