.help txconcat Dec92 noao.digiphot.ptools
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NAME
txconcat -- concatenate a list of APPHOT/DAOPHOT text databases
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USAGE
txconcat textfiles outfile
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PARAMETERS
.ls textfiles
The list of APPHOT/DAOPHOT text databases to be concatenated.
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.ls outfile
The name of the output APPHOT/DAOPHOT text database.
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.ls task = "TASK"
The name of the keywords whose value is the name of the task which wrote
the database.
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DESCRIPTION
TXCONCAT is a simple task which accepts a list of APPHOT/DAOPHOT text
database files and concatenates them into one resultant output file.
TXCONCAT checks that all the file are indeed APPHOT/DAOPHOT text
database files and that they were all written by the same task before
performing the concatenation.

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EXAMPLES

1. Concatenate a list of DAOPHOT PHOT task result files into a single
output file.

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   pt> txconcat m92r.mag.1,m92r.mag.2,m92r.mag.3 m92rall.mag.1
.fi

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TIME REQUIREMENTS
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BUGS
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SEE ALSO
ptools.tbconcat,ptools.pconcat,tables.tmerge,concatenate
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