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FOAMDICTIONARY(1) OpenFOAM Commands Manual FOAMDICTIONARY(1)

NAME

foamDictionary - part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox).

SYNOPSIS

foamDictionary [OPTIONS] dict

DESCRIPTION

Interrogate and manipulate dictionaries

ARGUMENTS

dict
The dictionary file to process

OPTIONS

-add value
Add a new entry
-case dir
Specify case directory to use (instead of the cwd)
-decomposeParDict file
Use specified file for decomposePar dictionary
-diff dict
Write differences with respect to the specified dictionary
-diff-etc dict
As per -diff, but locate the file as per foamEtcFile
-disableFunctionEntries
Disable expansion of dictionary directives - #include, #codeStream etc
-entry name
Report/select the named entry
-expand
Read the specified dictionary file, expand the macros etc. and write the resulting dictionary to standard output
-includes
List the #include/#sinclude files to standard output
-keywords
List keywords
-noFunctionObjects
Do not execute function objects
-parallel
Run in parallel [Parallel option]
-remove
Remove the entry
-set value
Set entry value or add new entry
-value
Print entry value
-doc
Display documentation in browser
-doc-source
Display source code in browser
-help
Display short help and exit
-help-full
Display full help and exit

ADVANCED OPTIONS

-fileHandler handler
Override the file handler type
-hostRoots (((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN))
slave root directories (per host) for distributed running. The host specification can use a regex. [Parallel option]
-roots (dir1 .. dirN)
Slave root directories for distributed running [Parallel option]
-help-compat
Display compatibility options and exit
-help-man
Display full help (manpage format) and exit

COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS

-diffEtc (now -diff-etc)
The option was last used in 1712.

SEE ALSO

Online documentation https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/

COPYRIGHT

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