.TH DAT2GMT 1gmt "15 Jul 2011" "GMT 4.5.7" "Generic Mapping Tools"
.SH NAME
dat2gmt \- Convert an ASCII file to a binary gmt file
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBdat2gmt\fP \fIgmtfile\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBdat2gmt\fP reads an ASCII version of a gmt file (made by \fBgmt2dat\fP) from standard
input and creates a binary gmt file.
.SH EXAMPLES
To create a gmt file from the ASCII file c2104_fixed.ascii, run
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\fBdat2gmt\fP c2104.gmt < c2104_fixed.ascii
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR gmt2dat (1),
.IR GMT (1)
.SH REFERENCES
Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 2011, The Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) version
4.5.7 Technical Reference & Cookbook, SOEST/NOAA.
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Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1998, New, Improved Version of Generic Mapping
Tools Released, EOS Trans., AGU, 79 (47), p. 579.
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Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1995, New Version of the Generic Mapping Tools
Released, EOS Trans., AGU, 76 (33), p. 329.
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Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1995, New Version of the Generic Mapping Tools
Released, http://www.agu.org/eos_elec/95154e.html, Copyright 1995 by the
American Geophysical Union.
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Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1991, Free Software Helps Map and Display Data,
EOS Trans., AGU, 72 (41), p. 441.
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