fitsheader - Print the header(s) of a FITS file.
usage: fitsheader [-h] [-e HDU] [-k KEYWORD] [-t [FORMAT]]
[-c]
- filename [filename ...]
Print the header(s) of a FITS file. Optional arguments allow the
desired extension(s), keyword(s), and output format to be specified. Note
that in the case of a compressed image, the decompressed header is shown by
default.
- filename
- path to one or more files; wildcards are supported
- -h, --help
- show this help message and exit
- -e HDU, --extension
HDU
- specify the extension by name or number; this argument can be repeated to
select multiple extensions
- -k KEYWORD, --keyword
KEYWORD
- specify a keyword; this argument can be repeated to select multiple
keywords; also supports wildcards
- -t [FORMAT], --table
[FORMAT]
- print the header(s) in machine-readable table format; the default format
is "ascii.fixed_width" (can be "ascii.csv",
"ascii.html", "ascii.latex", "fits",
etc)
- -c,
--compressed
- for compressed image data, show the true header which describes the
compression rather than the data