Dump

The dump command provides a way to view specific information about an ODB2 file from the command line. It will provide columns or varno based on the switch:

Usage

usage: py3odb dump [-h] [-c] [-v] [-vv] filename

Dump information about the ODB2 file (e.g. column names).

positional arguments:
  filename        The ODB2 filename.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help      show this help message and exit
  -c, --columns   Print the columns.
  -v, --varno     Print the varnos.
  -vv, --verbose  Print full details.

Examples

$ py3odb dump -c -vv sample.odb
---------------------------------------------------
name                                    type
---------------------------------------------------
air_quality_station_name_1@conv         TEXT
aircraft_airframe_code@conv             TEXT
aircraft_data_relay_system@conv         INTEGER
aircraft_geomagnetic_deviation@conv     FLOAT
...

$ py3odb dump --varno --verbose sample.odb
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
name                code  description
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bend_angle           162  radio occultation bending angle
mean_freq            241  GPSRO mean frequency
q                      7  specific humidity (q)