
February 11th, 2004, 10:22 AM
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Need Help writing a simple script
Hi,
Im very new to Unix, and was wondering if someone could help me.
Basically, Im trying to convert a bunch of FITS files into ASCII.
I used ftools to do this, by typing "heasoft" to start ftools, and then "fimgdmp", unfortunately it only allows files to be converted one at a time.
I was hoping that a script could be written that uses a list of the files that need converting, and inputs it into 'fimgdmp'.
So basically, I need a script that opens ftools, then types 'fimgdmp', then at the 'input' prompt takes the first file in a list and types that, then makes up a name for the 'output', then just presses 'return' (the return key) for the other 4 parameters. And repeats this for each file in the list.
So far I tried just writing a script that starts up 'fimgdmp'. I wrote:
#! /bin/csh -f
foreach var (spectra.lis)
heasoft #start ftools
fimgdmp #start the fimgdmp command
but it didnt work. I basically have no idea what Im doing.
Can anyone help me with this please?
Thanks.
Sal.
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