SydroCmd Befehle

Extract

Extracts strings from each line within an ASCII file.

Argument	Description
1	-extract
2	sourcefile
3	-string or -pos or -split (-string=search for a string, -pos=select a position, -split=delimits the string)
4	either string or position as a number
5	-endstring or -endlen or -array
6	either a string or the work blank or a position as integer, depending on the previous argument. With -split a comma-separated list of indices is required indicating which items should be saved
7	targetfile

Example1

extracts a string from each line within d:\temp\abc.txt which follows directly after val= and ends at the next blank.

SydroCmd -extract d:\temp\abc.txt -string :val= -endstring blank d:\temp\extract.txt

Example 2

extracts a string from each line within d:\temp\abc.txt starting from position 15 with a length of 25 characters.

SydroCmd -extract d:\temp\abc.txt -pos 15 -endlen 25 d:\temp\extract.txt

Download

Downloads a file with a valid URL to the local memory.

Argument	Description
1	-download
2	URL (possibly with spaceholders like {0}
3	Arguments separated by a comma filling the spaceholders in the URL
4	targetfile

Example

Downloads a file from the NOAA data archive. Variables are the year, month, day.

SydroCmd -download http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/modeldata/cfsv2_forecast_mm_9mon/{0}/{0}{1}/{0}{1}{2}/{0}{1}{2}00/flxf.01.{0}{1}{2}00.{3}{4}.avrg.grib.grb2 2016,12,02,2016,12 D:\temp\tmp.grb2

Replace

Replaces all strings with a new string within a file. Is able to handle current date information.

Argument	Description
1	-replace
2	sourcefile
3	string to be searched for (see options)
4	Replacement string, string to be inserted (see options)
5	targetfile (if not given, sourcefile will be overwritten)

Options

2. Argument

String to be searched for that will be replaced

Format= [KEYWORD|Valid Formatstring|Valid Number,DateInterval}

KEYWORD = CURRENTDATE

Valid Formatstring = possible is yyy, MM, dd, mm

Valid Number= 0, +2, -5 or any other integer (adds/subtracts the number of years, months, days, hours, minutes as given with the number)

DateIntervall= y, M, d, h, m (is used to add the valid number to the date)

Example: {CURRENTDATE|dd|+1,d} with a date 30/12/2017 results in 31

3. Argument

ordinary string or in combination with CURRENTDATE a date in the format yyyyMMDDhhmm or the keyword Now

Examples

Example1

simple with “hallo” replaced by “goodbye”. The sourcefile will be overwritten.

SydroCmd -replace d:\temp\abc.txt hallo goodbye

Example2

with date information

SydroCmd -replace d:\temp\abc.txt CURRENTDATE 201612050000 d:\temp\abcnew.txt

In this example the first argument is CURRENDATE indicating that date information is used. If this string is found it will be replaced by the date given in the next argument (here 5/12/2016 00:00). In the abc.txt the variable to be replaced must be given as follows: {CURRENTDATE|yyyy|+1,y}. This means the result will be ‘2017’, one year added to 2016.

Zip

Zips files into a Zip File Format.

Argument	Description
1	-zip
2	source directory
3	zipfilename
4	-pattern or -list
5	the pattern or a comma-separated list

Example 1

Compresses all files in directory d:\temp\ with *.txt-extension to file myfile.zip

SydroCmd -zip d:\temp\ myfile.zip -pattern *.txt

Example 2

Compresses a list of files in directory d:\temp\ with *.txt-extension to file myfile.zip

SydroCmd -zip d:\temp\ myzipfile.zip -list d:\mylist\file1.txt "d:\many files\newfile.doc"

UnZip

UnZips files from a Zip File.

Argument	Description
1	-unzip
2	source directory
3	source zipfilename
4	-pattern or -list
5	the pattern or a comma-separated list

Example 1

Unzips all files in directory d:\temp\ and zipfile myfile.zip with the pattern *.txt to d:\

SydroCmd -unzip d:\ d:\temp\myfile.zip -pattern *.txt

Example 2

Unzips a selection of files from d:\temp\ and myzipfile to d:\

SydroCmd -unzip d:\ d:\temp\myzipfile.zip -list d:\mylist\file1.txt "d:\any directory\newfile.doc"

Expamle 3

Unzips all files in the zipfile from d:\temp\ and myzipfile to d:\

SydroCmd -unzip d:\ d:\temp\myzipfile.zip -pattern *.*