Jean Zay: The NCO operators

Introduction

NCO (NetCDF Operator) is a group of tools called operators which are applied to files in NetCDF format. These operators are the following:

ncap2     ncatted     ncdiff     ncecat     ncks     ncra     ncrename
nces      ncbo        ncflint    ncpdq      ncrcat   ncwa     ncpdq

Versions installed

To see which versions are available at IDRIS, use the module command:

$ module avail nco
-------------- /gpfslocalsup/pub/modules-idris-env4/modulefiles/linux-rhel7-x86_64 --------------
nco/4.8.1

To have more information about a certain version:

$ module help nco/4.8.1
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Module Specific Help for /gpfslocalsup/pub/modules-idris-env4/modulefiles/linux-rhel7-x86_64/nco/4.8.1:

The NCO toolkit manipulates and analyzes data stored in netCDF-
accessible formats

Available software environment(s):
- intel-compilers/19.0.4
- gcc/4.8.5

If you want to use this module with another software environment, 
please contact the support team.
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Usage

The different versions are accessed via the module command.

To add the Path to your environment:

$ module load nco/4.8.1

Documentation

  • man nco or directly the man of an operator