When used in conjunction with an NCL script, command line arguments can set a variable’s value, help determine initial conditions, and so forth:
% cat modelRun.ncl begin [...] if (.not. isvar("nyrStrt")) then ; is nyrStrt on command line? nyrSrt = 1960 end if if (.not. isvar("nyrLast")) then ; is nyrLast on command line? nyrLast = 2002; end if print(nyrStrt) ; for illustrative purposes print(nyrLast) [...] end
(Variables nyrStrt and nyrLast are set on the command line)
% ncl nyrStrt=1900 nyrLast=1968 modelRun.ncl Variable: nyrStrt Type: integer Total Size: 4 bytes 1 values Number of Dimensions: 1 Dimensions and sizes: [1] Coordinates: (0) 1900 Variable: nyrStrt Type: integer Total Size: 4 bytes 1 values Number of Dimensions: 1 Dimensions and sizes: [1] Coordinates: (0) 1968
Consider the following
ncl nyrStrt=1930 'fName="Model*"' gravity=9.8 opt=True cyclic=False latS=-30 latN=30 lonL=130 lonR=290 modelRun.ncl
When the number of CLOs is large, it might be clearer to enter only one or two per line. The Unix line continuation character, </b>, can be used to accomplish this:
ncl nyrStrt=1930 \ 'fName="Model*"' \ gravity=9.8 \ latS=-30 latN=30 \ lonL=130 lonR=290 \ modelRun.ncl