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NAME

selectxrange - Make a x range file for an event fits file with POWplot.

USAGE

selectxrange infile rangefile x y sort

DESCRIPTION

'selectxrange' create a x range file for a specified event through POWplot.

PARAMETERS

infile [filename]: File name of the FITS event file, followed by an optional extension name or number enclosed in square brackets.
rangefile [filename]: File name of the 'text' range file.
x [string]: X column name for plot
y [string]: Y column name for plot
sort ="y" [string]: if sort x column or not before plot
(timeout =100) [double]: The time (in second) for access to POWplot. It will stop if time pass over "timeout" but it still cannot connect to POWplot.
(chatter = 1) [integer]: Controls the verbosity level of the output. Currently this parameter has no effect.

EXAMPLES

Note that when commands are issued on the Unix command line, strings containing special characters such as '[' or ']' must be enclosed in single or double quotes.

1. Create range file "pow.rng" for the event time.fits[1].

      xselectrange time.fits[1]  pow.rng x y y 100

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