edhead (1) - Linux Manuals

Name

edhead - Edit header of FITS or IRAF image file

Synopsis

edhead [options] FITS or IRAF file(s)

Description

Edit the header of the specified image file using the editor defined by the EDITOR environment variable. edhead takes care of trailing spaces so they can be ignored while using the editor.

Options

-e <editor path>

Set editor, overiding environment EDITOR

-n

Write a new file with .e before the file type extension. The default is to overwrite the input file

-v

List processing steps

Author

Jessica Mink, SAO (jmink [at] cfa.harvard.edu)