h5edit: An HDF5 File Editor

Current Release: 1.0.0

The HDF5 file editor, h5edit, is a tool for editing an HDF5 file. The tool can read in a command file, written in the H5edit Command Language, to edit the file accordingly. Commands can be given as command line option. This is intended for simple and short commands. The H5edit Command Language is defined in “Definition of the H5edit Command Language”.

How To Build and Use h5edit

For information on building h5edit, please refer to the README in the top directory of the h5edit source code.

For information on how to use h5edit, please see:   h5edit

Download Information

The h5edit utility can be obtained from the h5edit Download page, which is accessible from The HDF Group Downloads page.


- - Last modified:July 27th, 2011