.TH GMT2DAT 1gmt "15 Jul 2011" "GMT 4.5.7" "Generic Mapping Tools" .SH NAME gmt2dat \- Convert a binary gmt file to an ASCII file .SH SYNOPSIS \fBgmt2dat\fP \fIgmtfile\fP .SH DESCRIPTION \fBgmt2dat\fP reads a .gmt file and converts it to a regular ASCII text file that can be edited using the text editor. The ASCII text is sent to standard output and can be redirected to a file/program/printer, etc. .SH EXAMPLES To convert c2104.gmt to ASCII: .br .sp \fBgmt2dat\fP c2104.gmt > c2104.ascii .SH "SEE ALSO" .IR dat2gmt (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. .br Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1998, New, Improved Version of Generic Mapping Tools Released, EOS Trans., AGU, 79 (47), p. 579. .br Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1995, New Version of the Generic Mapping Tools Released, EOS Trans., AGU, 76 (33), p. 329. .br 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. .br Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1991, Free Software Helps Map and Display Data, EOS Trans., AGU, 72 (41), p. 441. .br