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wgrib

is a small programm to read GRIB formatted files.

wgrib v1.5.0b3 (11-21-96) Wesley Ebisuzaki
Portable Grib decoder for NMC Reanalysis

usage: wgrib [grib file] [options]

options:

-v verbose (verbose inventory)
-V even more verbose (not a inventory)
-s short inventory
(default) regular inventory
  
-d [record number] dump record number
-p [byte position] dump record at position
-i dump controlled by stdin (inventory list)
  
-text dump will be a text file
-ieee dump will be an ieee file
-grib dump will be a GRIB file
-bin dump will be in binary (default)
-nh dump will have no headers
-h dump will have headers (default)
-append to dump file
-o [file] changes name of dump file from 'dump'
will scan without -d, -p, or -i options

The home of wgrib gives you more informations and a facility to download the latest version of wgrib.

Also available: jgrib, a java based version.