scitools(1)
NAME
scitools - run a SciTools command
SYNOPSIS
scitools command [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
The scitools script takes a command and runs a corresponding utility.
The available commands are listed below.
- file2interactive
- Utility for taking a set of Python statements in a file and creating the corresponding interactive Python shell session.
- floatdiff
- Script for examining differences in regression tests involving floating-point numbers. Used in [1].
- regression
- Simple front-end script to SciTools' Regression module. Used in [1].
- ps2mpeg
- Utility for turning a set of PostScript files into an MPEG movie, using mpeg_encode or ppmtompeg.
- profiler
- Script for simplifying the execution of Python's profiling tools. Used in [1].
- subst Script for subsituting a phrase by another in a set of files.
- Accepts regular expressions. Treated in [1].
- [1] H. P. Langtangen: Python Scripting for Computational Science. Third
- edition, second printing. Springer, 2009.
OPTIONS
- -h, --help
- Show usage for all commands and exit.
BUGS
Send comments, questions, bug reports etc. to scitools@googlegroups.com.
LICENSE
SciTools is licensed under the new BSD license.
AUTHOR
- SciTools is written by Hans Petter Langtangen <hpl@simula.no>, Johannes
Ring <johannr@simula.no>, Ilmar Wilbers <ilmarw@simula.no>, and Rolv E.
Bredesen <rolv@simula.no>. This manual page is written by Johannes Ring
<johannr@simula.no>.