fldtotable - convert a whitespace delimited file of columns to an starbase data table.

        fldtotable [-i ifile] [-o ofile] column[:n[-m]] ...

fldtotable reads an ASCII whitespace (space or tab) delimited file of column data selecting the specified fields, adds a header and converts the column delimiters to tabs.

OPTIONS

• -i file Read input from file instead of the standard input.
• -o file Write output to file instead of the standard output.
• -skip n Skip n lines before beginning to read data rows.
• -comment char Skip lines with leading comment characters.
• -copy Copy lines that are skipped with the -skip or -comment options to the new starbase header.

Convert a file of space delimited column to a table. Object is in column 1 RA is in column 2 Dec is in column 3 and a trailing comment is in column 6 to the end of line.

Note that the column numbers default to 1, 2 and 3 for Object, RA and Dec but the column selection for Comment is given.

        john@panic: fldtotable Object RA Dec Comment:6-

If the RA and Dec are given in space delimited sexagesimal notation ("hh mm ss.sss") then this command might have been used for the same file:

        john@panic: fldtotable Object RA:2-4 Dec:5-7 Comment:10-

• fixtotable - convert a file of fix format columns to a starbase data table.

• starbase.1 starbase data table introduction.
• starbase.3 starbase data table C library.
• starbase.5 starbase data table file format.