Introduction

The -help option list the commands that match your query. For example, suppose you want the options that deal with time. Then you can use the "-help time" option.

-sh-2.05b$ wgrib -help time
wgrib2 beta 0.1.3 wesley ebisuzaki 9/2008
  -code_table_1.2 inv         code table 1.2 significance of reference time
  -ftime      inv         forecast time
  -pds_fcst_time inv         fcst_time(1) in units given by pds
  -t          inv         time YYYYMMDDHH
  -T          inv         time YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
  -verf       inv         simple inventory using verification time
  -vt         inv         verf time = reference_time + forecast_time
  -VT         inv         verf time = reference_time + forecast_time (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS)

The -help option will show commands that are not displayed by "wgrib2" help page. If you want to get a list of all the commands, type "wgrib2 -help all".

Usage

-help search-word
      finds all options with the search-word

-help all
      shows all options (common and obscure)

See also: -h,