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B.3.3.1 Input Specifier

The input specifier determines the input table on which the processing will be performed. It has the form:

    [-ifmt <in-format> [-stream]] [<in-table>]
which is interpreted as follows:
-ifmt <in-format>
<in-format> is the name of one of the input formats. If the -ifmt flag is not used, auto format-detection is used (OK for FITS and VOTables). For other formats, such as CSV or ASCII, you must name a format using this flag.
-stream
This flag can be specified to ensure that the input table is read as a stream. You need the -ifmt flag in this case. Depending on the required operations and processing mode, this may fail (sometimes you need to read the input file more than once).
<in-table>
Names the input table. May be "-" to specify standard input (in which case -stream is implicit).


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STIL - Starlink Tables Infrastructure Library
Starlink User Note 252
STIL web page: http://www.starlink.ac.uk/stil/
Author email: m.b.taylor@bristol.ac.uk
Starlink: http://www.starlink.ac.uk/