Command-line interfaceΒΆ
When you install this package you will get a command called apexpy
, which is an interface to the convert()
method. See the documentation for this method for a more thorough explanation of arguments and behaviour.
You can get help on the command by running apexpy -h
.
$ apexpy -h
usage: apexpy [-h] [--height HEIGHT] [--refh REFH] [-i FILE_IN] [-o FILE_OUT]
SOURCE DEST DATE
Converts between geodetic, modified apex, quasi-dipole and MLT
positional arguments:
SOURCE Convert from {geo, apex, qd, mlt}
DEST Convert to {geo, apex, qd, mlt}
DATE YYYY[MM[DD[HHMMSS]]] date/time for IGRF coefficients,
time part required for MLT calculations
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--height HEIGHT height for conversion
--refh REFH reference height for modified apex coordinates
-i FILE_IN, --input FILE_IN
input file (stdin if none specified)
-o FILE_OUT, --output FILE_OUT
output file (stdout if none specified)