fitsinfo(1) Print a summary of the HDUs in one or more FITS files(s)

SYNOPSIS

fitsinfo filename [filename ...]

DESCRIPTION

fitsinfo is a command-line script based on astropy.io.fits for printing a summary of the HDUs in one or more FITS files(s) to the standard output.

EXAMPLES

Example usage of fitsinfo:

1. Print a summary of the HDUs in a FITS file:


    $ fitsinfo filename.fits


    Filename: filename.fits
    No.    Name         Type      Cards   Dimensions   Format
    0    PRIMARY     PrimaryHDU     138   ()
    1    SCI         ImageHDU        61   (800, 800)   int16
    2    SCI         ImageHDU        61   (800, 800)   int16
    3    SCI         ImageHDU        61   (800, 800)   int16
    4    SCI         ImageHDU        61   (800, 800)   int16

2. Print a summary of HDUs of all the FITS files in the current directory:


    $ fitsinfo *.fits