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URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao3.4/skip.html
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AHELP for CIAO 3.4 skip Context: chips

Synopsis

Skips the designated number of lines from subsequent input files.

Syntax

chips> SKIP <skip_value>

Description

All files plotted after this command is issued will have the specified number of lines skipped.

Example

chips> SKIP 10
chips> CURVE data/exampleB.dat

The command SKIP 10 causes the first ten lines of the data file data/exampleB.dat to be skipped when it is read in and plotted.

Bugs

See the bugs page for ChIPS on the CIAO website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.

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Last modified: December 2006



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