Utility Tasks

• ABORTASK : Aborts a task.
• ALLDEST : Destroy all or part of user's files
• ALTDEF : Modify velocity vs frequency relationship.
• AVEOT : Advances a tape to the end.
• AVER : Average 'BT' sorted UV data.
• AVFILE : Advances or backspaces files on a tape
• AVSPC : Average uv data in frequency.
• AVTP : Position tapes without making AIPS wait.
• AXDEFINE : Modify image axis description and values.
• BAKLD : Read image or uv data files written by BAKTP.
• BAKTP : Write maps or uv data with host backup format.
• BLOAT : Make line data base from pseudo-continuum.
• CCFND : Finds negative clean components.
• CCMRG : Merge CLEAN component files.
• CELGAL : Switch between Celestial and Galactic coords.
• CLRALL : Empty the message file.
• CLRZAP : Clear the status on a file and delete it.
• DBCON : Task to concatenate multi-source uv data files.
• DISKU : Find disk use for one or all users.
• DISMOUNT : Software dismount a tape
• EGETNAME : Fill in INNAME, INCLASS, INSEQ; return ERROR.
• EXTDEST : Delete specified extension files.
• EXTLIST : List extension files associated with an image.
• EXTZAP : Delete all extension file of given type.
• FETCH : Read an external image in a flexible format.
• FILZAP : Deletes files in a range of slot numbers.
• FITLD : Store an image or UV data from a FITS tape.
• FITTP : Write FITS multi- or single-source file.
• FREESPAC : List space available on disk.
• GET : Recover a full POPS environment saved in.
• GETNAME : Fill in INNAME, INCLASS, and INSEQ.
• GETnNAME : Fill in INnNAME, INnCLASS, and INnSEQ (n=2:3).
• GETONAME : Fill in OUTNAME, OUTCLASS, and OUTSEQ.
• GETTHEAD : Read table header keywords into adverbs.
• IMCOP : Task to copy image catalog file to another user.
• IMERASE : Load a map portion of the TV with zeros.
• IMHEADER : List the image header.
• IMLOD : Store an image from a FITS or IBM-CV tape.
• IMMOD : Alter images with a model.
• IMPOS : Determine the absolute coordinates under cursor.
• IMSTAT : Verb to find the mean, rms and maximum in an image
• IMVAL : Determine pixel value at specified position.
• IMXY : Determine pixel coordinates under cursor.
• ISCOMP : Lists the tasks which handle compressed data currently.
• MAXFIT : Find coordinates and value of an image extremum.
• MOUNT : Software mount a tape.
• MCAT : List catalogue of image (map) data files.
• NEGPH : Negate visibility phases.
• OFMADJUS : Modify the TV OFM lookup tables interactively.
• OFMCONT : Create/modify TV OFMs w wedge/level contours.
• OFMDIR : List all OFM files accessible to the user.
• OFMGET : Load the TV's OFM LUTs from OFM save file.
• OFMLIST : Print or type the TV's current OFM lut(s).
• OFMSAVE : Save the TV's current OFM lookup table in file.
• OFMTWEAK : Modify the current OFM LUTs with the trackball.
• OFMZAP : Delete an OFM save file.
• PATGN : Create a user specified test pattern.
• PCAT : List entries in the user's catalog (no log file).
• PLZAP : Delete all PL files.
• PRTAB: Print any table-format extension file.
• PRTAC : Print the accounting log file.
• PRTAN : Print the Antenna (AN) extension of a uv file.
• PRTCC : Print CLEAN component files.
• PRTHI : Print history file.
• PRTIM : Print the image intensities in digital form.
• PRTMSG : Print the message file.
• PRTUV : Print UV data stored on disk.
• PUTHEAD : Modify image header parameters.
• PUTTHEAD : Modify table header values.
• PUTVALUE : Store a pixel value at specified position
• QHEADER : Summarize the image header: positions at center.
• QIMVAL : Determine pixel value at specified position.
• REBOX : Reset boxes with TV cursor & graphics display.
• RECAT : Compress the entries in a catalog file.
• REMAG : Replace magic blanks with a user specified value.
• REMOVIE : Rerun a previously loaded (TVMOVIE) movie.
• RENAME : Rename a file.
• RENUMBER : Change the catalog number of an image.
• REROAM : Use previous roam image mode, then does roam.
• RESCALE : Modify image scale factor and offset.
• RESTART : Trim the message log file and restart AIPS.
• REWIND : Rewind a tape.
• SAVDEST : Destroy all save files of a user.
• SAVE : Save full POPS environment in named file.
• SCRATCH : Delete a procedure from the symbol table.
• SCRDEST : Destroy scratch files left by bombed tasks.
• SETAN : Read antenna file info from a text file.
• SETXWIN : Set BLC and TRC with TV cursor.
• SGDESTR : Destroy named POPS environment save file.
• SGINDEX : Lists SAVE areas by name and time of last SAVE.
• SHOW : Display the TELL adverbs of a task.
• SL2PL : Convert a Slice File to a Plot File.
• SLCOL : Collate slice data and models into text files.
• STARS : Generate an ST ext. file with star positions.
• STQUEUE : List pending TELL operations.
• TABGET : Return specified table entry
• TABPUT : Replace specified table entry
• TAFLG : Flags data in a Table extension file
• TAMRG : Merge table rows under specified conditions
• TASAV : Copy all extension tables to a dummy uv-file
• TASRT : Sort extension tables.
• TBAVG : Time averages all data on all baselines.
• TBIN : Read AIPS tables from text files.
• TBOUT : Write AIPS tables to text files.
• TELL : Send parameters to a task from AIPS in execution.
• TGET : Gets adverbs from last GO of a task.
• TGINDEX : Lists those tasks for which TGET will work.
• TIMDEST : Destroy all files which are too old.
• TPHEAD: List image header from FITS or IBM-CV tape.
• TPUT: Puts adverbs from a task in file for TGETs.
• TRANS: Transpose a subimage of an up to 7-dim. image.
• UCAT: List UV and SC data files in the user's catalog.
• USUBA : Assign selected data to a subarray.
• UVAVG : Average or merge 'BT' or 'TB' sorted UV data.
• UVCMP : Converts UV data to compressed format.
• UVCOP : Copy selected times and channels of uv data.
• UVDGP : Copy a visibility file, omitting the Mth Nth.
• UVDIF : Print differences between 2 UV disk files.
• UVFIL : Creates uv data with a user's subroutine.
• UVFIX : Recompute u,v,w terms for a uv database.
• UVGLU : Glues uv frequency blocks back together.
• UVSIM : Generate specimen u-v coverage.
• VBCAL : Multiply antenna amplitude gain factors.
• VBMRG : Merge 'BT' sorted VLBI data.
• WAITTAS : Halts AIPS until the task is finished.
• WTMOD : Modify weights in a uv data set.

Last update : 10/10/92

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