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HDF5 Tools
Peter Cao
The HDF Group
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Outline
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A short demo of HDFView
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HDF5 command line tools
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What is HDFView?
HDFView
HDF Application
Browser/Editor
Written in Java
For more information and download, visit
www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html
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HDFView Demo
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Browse objects in an HDF5 file
Show data content in table, image
Make a subset
View attributes and metadata
Create a new HDF5 file and edit data content
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HDFView 2.5
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Release planned in December, 2008
Build with HDF4 2r4 and HDF5 1.8.2
Fix bugs and add new features
Plug memory leaks
Support iRODS (Windows and linux only)
Use jdk 1.6.0_06 or above (for performance)
Drop mac PowerPC
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HDF5 Command Line Tools
Readers
h5dump, h5diff, h5ls, h5check, h5stat
Writers
h5repack, h5repart, h5import, h5jam,
h5unjam, h5copy, h5mkgrp
Converters
h4toh5, h5toh4, gif2h5, h52gif
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Where to Start?
Tools located in bin/ directory
1. Use “-h” option for help
2. Consult online help
http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf5tools.html
3. Email help desk
[email protected]
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h5dump
Dumps contents of HDF5 file to stdout
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ASCII text
XML
Binary
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h5dump: Object Headers
> h5dump -H SDS.h5
HDF5 "SDS.h5" {
GROUP "/" {
GROUP "Floats" {
DATASET "FloatArray" {
DATATYPE H5T_IEEE_F32LE
DATASPACE SIMPLE { ( 4, 3 ) / ( 4, 3 ) }
}
}
DATASET "IntArray" {
DATATYPE H5T_STD_I32LE
DATASPACE SIMPLE { ( 5, 6 ) / ( 5, 6 ) }
}
}
}
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h5dump: Dataset
> h5dump –d /Floats/FloatArray SDS.h5
HDF5 "SDS.h5" {
DATASET "/Floats/FloatArray" {
DATATYPE H5T_IEEE_F32LE
DATASPACE SIMPLE { ( 4, 3 ) / ( 4, 3 ) }
DATA {
(0,0): 0.01, 0.02, 0.03,
(1,0): 0.1, 0.2, 0.3,
(2,0): 1, 2, 3,
(3,0): 10, 20, 30
}
}
}
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h5dump: Binary Output
-b F, --binary=[MEMORY|FILE|LE|BE]
> h5dump -d /IntArray -o out_le.bin -b LE SDS.h5
0000000
0000030
0000060
0000110
0000140
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00000000
0000000a
00000014
0000001e
00000028
00000001
0000000b
00000015
0000001f
00000029
00000002
0000000c
00000016
00000020
0000002a
00000003
0000000d
00000017
00000021
0000002b
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0000000e
00000018
00000022
0000002c
00000005
0000000f
00000019
00000023
0000002d
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h5diff
Show
differences
between…
two objects
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two files
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h5diff
> h5diff SDS.h5 SDS2.h5
Dataset: </IntArray>
5 differences found
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h5diff: Report Differences
> h5diff SDS.h5 SDS2.h5 -r /IntArray
Dataset:
</IntArray> and </IntArray>
position
IntArray
IntArray
difference
-----------------------------------------------------[ 0 0 ]
0
10
10
[ 1 0 ]
10
100
90
[ 2 0 ]
20
200
180
[ 3 0 ]
30
300
270
[ 4 0 ]
40
400
360
5 differences found
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h5diff: Unsolved Issues
How to compare two files with different
 Structures
 Storage layouts
 Properties
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h5repack
Copies a file to a new file with
• Compression filter
• Data layout
• Other user options
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h5repack: Compression Filter
-f {GZIP|SZIP|SHUF|FLET|NBIT|SOFF|NONE}
For example
> h5repack -i SDS.h5 -o out.h5 -f GZIP=6
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h5repack: Data Layout
-l {CHUNK| COMPA| CONTI}
For example
> h5repack -i SDS.h5 -o out.h5 -l CHUNK=1000x1000
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h5repack: File Format Version
h5repack options
File size in bytes
Original file
3,167,264
--latest
2,267,346
--latest –compact=9
2,162,254
--latest –compact=9 –ssize=50:dtype
299,882
The test file was created with HDF5 1.6.5. The root group of the file
contains 100 groups. Each group at the root contains 9 sub groups.
Each sub group contains one compound dataset. The compound dataset
has 40 members of type 32 bit integer
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h5import
Imports binary/ASCII data into an HDF5 file
h5import infile -c config_file [infile -c config_file2 ...] -outfile outfile
For example
> h5import float5x4x2.txt -c First_set.conf -o First_set.h5
PATH work/First-set
INPUT-CLASS TEXTFP
RANK 3
DIMENSION-SIZES 5 2 4
OUTPUT-CLASS FP
OUTPUT-SIZE 64
OUTPUT-ARCHITECTURE IEEE
OUTPUT-BYTE-ORDER LE
CHUNKED-DIMENSION-SIZES 2 2 2
MAXIMUM-DIMENSIONS 8 8 -1
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GROUP "/" {
GROUP "work" {
DATASET "First-set" {
DATATYPE H5T_IEEE_F64LE
DATASPACE SIMPLE { ( 5, 2, 4 ) / ( 8, 8, H5S_UNLIMITED ) }
DATA {
(0,0,0): 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04,
(0,1,0): 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14,
(1,0,0): 1.21, 1.22, 1.23, 1.24,
(1,1,0): 1.31, 1.32, 1.33, 1.34,
(2,0,0): 1.41, 1.42, 1.43, 1.44,
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}
}
}
}}
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h5import: Requested Features
• Make it interchangeable with
 h5dump
 Excel spreadsheet
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New for 1.6.6+ and 1.8.0+
h5copy
h5mkgrp
h5stat
h5check
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h5copy
• Copies an object within a file or across files
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IntArray
Floats
FloatArray
FloatArray
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h5copy –f shallow
DST1
floats
SRC
64-bit
f32
floats
integers
DST2
i1
i2
f32
64-bit
f1
floats
f2
f32
64-bit
f1
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h5mkgrp
• Creates a group or group structure
> h5mkgrp test.h5 /info /data /data/test1 /data/test2
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info
data
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h5stat
Prints statistics about HDF5 file
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Header size
 Raw data size
 Attributes, datatypes, etc.
Helps
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Troubleshoot overhead in HDF5 files
 Choose specific object’s properties and storage strategies
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h5stat: Example
>h5stat hdf5_test.h5
Filename: hdf5_test.h5
File information
# of unique groups: 4
# of unique datasets: 13
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Object header size: (total/unused)
Groups: 288/32
Datasets: 6824/864
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Dataset storage information:
Total raw data size: 1769009
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h5check
• Verifies whether an HDF5 file is compliant with a
specific HDF5 File Format.
• By default, the file is checked against 1.8.x.
• Use -f16 option to check against 1.6.x.
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h5check
> h5check --verbose=2 example.h5
VALIDATING example.h5 according to library version 1.8.0
FOUND super block signature
VALIDATING the super block at physical address 0...
Validating version 2 superblock...
VALIDATING the object header at logical address 48...
VALIDATING version 2 object header ...
FOUND Version 2 object header signature
VALIDATING version 2 btree at logical address 1864...
VALIDATING version 2 btree header at logical address 1864…
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No non-compliance errors found
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h5check
> h5check --verbose=2 –f16 example.h5
VALIDATING example.h5 according to library version 1.6.6
VALIDATING the super block at physical address 0...
Validating version 0/1 superblock...
***Error***
Errors found when checking superblock. Validation stopped.
Disk Format Level 0-File Metadata-->0A-File Signature and Super Block
Superblock v.0/1:Unable to read root symbol table entry
***End of Error messages***
Non-compliance errors found
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Thank You!
This presentation is based upon work supported in part by a Cooperative
Agreement with NASA under NASA NNX06AC83A. Any opinions, findings,
and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of
the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Questions/comments?
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