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.TH pdal 1 "29 May 2021" "" ""
.SH NAME
pdal \- PDAL application
.SH SYNOPSIS
'nh
.fi
.ad l
\fBpdal\fR \kx
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'in \n(.iu+\nxu
<\fIoptions\fR> 
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.ad b
'hy
'nh
.fi
.ad l
\fBpdal\fR \kx
.if (\nx>(\n(.l/2)) .nr x (\n(.l/5)
'in \n(.iu+\nxu
<\fIcommand\fR> <\fIcommand options\fR> 
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'hy
.SH DESCRIPTION
PDAL contains consists of a single application, called
\fBpdal\fR.
The \fBpdal\fR application currently has the following
subcommands:
.TP 0.2i
\(bu
delta
.TP 0.2i
\(bu
density
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\(bu
diff
.TP 0.2i
\(bu
ground
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\(bu
info
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\(bu
merge
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\(bu
pcl
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\(bu
pipeline
.TP 0.2i
\(bu
random
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\(bu
split
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\(bu
tindex
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\(bu
translate
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\(bu
view
.PP
Applications are run by invoking the \fBpdal\fR application
along with the command name:

.nf
\*(T<
$ \fBpdal info\fR \fImyfile.las\fR
$ \fBpdal translate\fR \fIinput.las\fR \fIoutput.las\fR
$ \fBpdal pipeline\fR \fB\-\-stdin\fR < \fImyxml.xml\fR
      \*(T>
.fi
.PP
Help for each command can be retrieved via the \*(T<\fB\-\-help\fR\*(T>
switch.
The \*(T<\fB\-\-drivers\fR\*(T> and \*(T<\fB\-\-options\fR\*(T> switches
can tell you more about particular drivers and their options:

.nf
\*(T<
$ \fBpdal info\fR \fB\-\-help\fR
$ \fBpdal translate\fR \fB\-\-drivers\fR
$ \fBpdal pipeline\fR \fB\-\-options\fR \fIwriters.las\fR
      \*(T>
.fi
.PP
Additional driver-specific options may be specified by using a
namespace-prefixed option name.
For example, it is possible to set the LAS day of year at translation
time with the following option:

.nf
\*(T<
$ \fBpdal translate\fR \e
    \fB\-\-writers.las.creation_doy\fR="\fI42\fR" \e
    \fIinput.las\fR \e
    \fIoutput.las\fR
      \*(T>
.fi
.RS 
\fBNote\fR

Driver specific options can be identified using the
\fBpdal info\fR\*(T<\fB\-\-options\fR\*(T> invocation.
.RE
.PP
See
\(lahttp://pdal.io/apps.html\(ra
for more detail.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-debug\fR\*(T>
Sets the output level to 3 (option deprecated)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-v\fR\*(T>, \*(T<\fB\-\-verbose\fR\*(T>
Sets the output level (0-8)
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-drivers\fR\*(T>
List available drivers
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-h\fR\*(T>, \*(T<\fB\-\-help\fR\*(T>
Display help text
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-list\-commands\fR\*(T>
List available commands
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-version\fR\*(T>
Show program version
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-options\fR\*(T>=<\fIdriver name\fR>
Show options for specified driver (or 'all')