Function: cdl-get-file

cdl-get-file is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in cdl.el.gz.

Signature

(cdl-get-file FILENAME)

Documentation

Run file through ncdump and insert result into buffer after point.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/cdl.el.gz
;;; cdl.el --- Common Data Language (CDL) utility functions for GNU Emacs -*- lexical-binding: t -*-

;; Copyright (C) 1993, 2001-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Ata Etemadi <ATAE@spva.physics.imperial.ac.uk>
;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org
;; Keywords: data

;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.

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;;; Commentary:

;;; Code:

(defun cdl-get-file (filename)
  "Run file through ncdump and insert result into buffer after point."
  (interactive "fCDF file: ")
  (message "ncdump in progress...")
  (let ((start (point)))
    (call-process  "ncdump" nil t nil (expand-file-name filename))
    (goto-char start))
  (message "ncdump in progress...done"))