Update help text

tools/bufr_filter.sh

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ echo " Input messages can be written to the output by using the \"write\" statem
 echo " is sent to multiple files depending on key values used in the output file name. \\n"
 echo " First we write a rules_file containing the following statement:\\n \\n"
 echo "\\verbatim"
-echo "write \"../data/split/[bufrHeaderCentre:l]_[dataCategory].bufr[editionNumber]\";"
+echo "write \"../data/split/[bufrHeaderCentre:i]_[dataCategory].bufr[editionNumber]\";"
 echo "\\endverbatim\\n"
 echo "Then we create the BUFR file multitype.bufr from three others: \\n"
 echo "\\verbatim"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ cat ../data/bufr/syno_1.bufr ../data/bufr/goes_87.bufr ../data/bufr/gosat.bufr >
 
 
 cat > rules_file <<EOF
-write "../data/split/[bufrHeaderCentre:l]_[dataCategory].bufr[editionNumber]";
+write "../data/split/[bufrHeaderCentre:i]_[dataCategory].bufr[editionNumber]";
 EOF
 
 echo ">bufr_filter rules_file ../data/split/multitype.bufr"

tools/grib_compare.sh

@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ is printed.
 
 echo "-# Some options are provided to compare only a set of keys in the messages. The option -H is used to compare only the headers 
 coded in the message, it doesn't compare the data values. 
-The option \"-c key1:[l/d/s/n],key2:[l/d/s/n],... \" can be used to 
+The option \"-c key1:[i/d/s/n],key2:[i/d/s/n],... \" can be used to 
 compare a set of keys or namespaces. The letter after the colon is optional and it is used to force the
 type used in the comparison which is otherwise assumed to be the native type of the key. 
 The possible types are:
- - :l ->  integer         (C type long)
+ - :i ->  integer
  - :d ->  floating point  (C type double)
  - :s ->  string
  - :n ->  namespace.
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ $toolsDir/grib_compare -A 2 -c data:n first.grib1 second.grib1
 set -e
 
 echo "\\endverbatim
-and we see that the comparison is successful if the absolute tolerance is set to 2. 
+and we see that the comparison is successful if the absolute tolerance is set to 2.
 We can also set the relative tolerance for each key with the option -R:"
 echo "\\verbatim 
 >grib_compare -R packedValues=0.4 -c data:n first.grib1 second.grib1"

tools/grib_copy.sh

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ echo "\verbatim"
 echo "> grib_copy -w levtype!=pl ../data/tigge_pf_ecmwf.grib2 out.grib"
 echo "\endverbatim\\n"
 
+echo "-# To copy only the first three fields from a file\\n"
+echo "\verbatim"
+echo "> grib_copy -w count=1/2/3 ../data/tigge_pf_ecmwf.grib2 out.grib"
+echo "\endverbatim\\n"
+
 echo "-# A grib_file with multi field messages can be converted in single field messages"
 echo "with a simple grib_copy.\\n"
 echo "\verbatim"
@@ -20,5 +25,5 @@ echo "\endverbatim\\n"
 echo "-# Use the square brackets to insert the value of a key"
 echo "in the name of the output file.\\n"
 echo "\verbatim"
-echo "> grib_copy in.grib out_[shortName].grib"
+echo "> grib_copy in.grib 'out_[shortName].grib'"
 echo "\endverbatim\\n"

tools/grib_filter.sh

@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ ls ../data/split
 echo "\\endverbatim\\n"
 
 echo "-# The key values in the file name can also be obtained in a different format by indicating explicitly the type required after a colon."
-echo " - :l for long"
+echo " - :i for integer"
 echo " - :d for double"
 echo " - :s for string"
 echo " ."
 echo "The following statement works in a slightly different way from the previous example, "
-echo " including in the output file name the long values for centre and dataType.\\n"
+echo " including in the output file name the integer values for centre and dataType.\\n"
 
 echo "\\verbatim"
-echo "write \"../data/split/[centre:l]_[date]_[dataType:l]_[levelType].grib[editionNumber]\";"
+echo "write \"../data/split/[centre:i]_[date]_[dataType:i]_[levelType].grib[editionNumber]\";"
 echo "\\endverbatim\\n"
 echo "Running the same command again we obtain a different list of files.\\n"
 echo "\\verbatim"
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 cat > rules_file <<EOF
-write "../data/split/[centre:l]_[date]_[dataType:l]_[levelType].grib[editionNumber]";
+write "../data/split/[centre:i]_[date]_[dataType:i]_[levelType].grib[editionNumber]";
 EOF
 
 echo ">grib_filter rules_file ../data/tigge_pf_ecmwf.grib2"