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HDF5 Tools and Software:

• HDFView: A visual tool for browsing and editing HDF4 and HDF5 files
• HDF5 Utilities: Tools included with the HDF5 distribution
• HDF Java Products: All of the HDF Java Products, including HDFView and HDF Java wrappers
• h5check: A tool to check the validity of an HDF5 file.
• H4-H5 Conversion Software: A library and tools for converting to and from HDF4 and HDF5.
• HDF5 XML Information Page: DTD and tools for using HDF5 with XML.
• HDF Web-browser Plugin (Windows): Extends a web browser to display HDF4 and HDF5 files. (UNSUPPORTED)

• h5fix_obj_nmsgs: Corrects corrupt object header (rare problem prior to 1.6.6). Search on Miscounted here.

Table (Summary) of Software Using HDF5:

This table includes not only HDF5 tools, but also other software known to use HDF5.

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HDF5 Utilities

Following is a list of the HDF5 utilities that are available on most platforms supported with HDF5. These utilities are automatically built when building HDF5, and come with the pre-compiled binary distribution of HDF5. They can also be downloaded separately. See the page on Obtaining HDF5.

• gif2h5 - Converts a GIF file into HDF5.
• h5import - Imports ASCII or binary data into HDF5.
• h5diff - Compares two HDF5 files and reports the differences.
• h5repack - Copies an HDF5 file to a new file with or without compression/chunking.
• h52gif - Converts an HDF5 file into GIF.
• h5cc, h5fc, h5c++ - Simplifies compiling an HDF5 application. [ Also see FAQ ]
• h5debug - Debugs an existing HDF5 file at a low level.
• h5dump - Enables the user to examine the contents of an HDF5 file and dump those contents to an ASCII file.
• h5jam/h5unjam - Add/Remove text to/from User Block at the beginning of an HDF5 file.
• h5ls - Lists selected information about file objects in the specified format.
• h5redeploy - Updates HDF5 compiler tools' paths after the HDF5 software has been installed in a new location. See h5cc.
• h5repart - Repartitions a file or family of files.

As of HDF5 1.8.0, you will also see these utilities:

• h5copy - Copies objects to a new HDF5 file
• h5mkgrp - Makes a group in an HDF5 file
• h5stat - Displays object and metadata information for an HDF5 file

- - Last modified:May 10th 2009