H_DELETE(1)

NAME
h_delete - delete fields from Sphere-format speech file headers

SYNOPSIS
h_delete [-uvf] -Ffield ... [-D dir] file ...
h_delete [-uvf] -Field ... -o outfile file

DESCRIPTION
Fields can be deleted from Sphere file headers using the utility h_delete. In its first form, the specified file(s) is copied to a new directory the -D dir option is present; otherwise the file(s) is to be modified in-place. In its second form, the specified file is written to a new file if the -o outfile option is present; otherwise the file is to be modified in-place. The -D and -o options are not compatible. At least one file must be present on the command line, as well as at least one field. If a file is to be modified in-place and the changes do not alter the size of its header, the new header is written over the old one and the speech samples do not need to be copied.

OPTIONS
-u  unlink the source files after creating new ones (requires -D or -o)
-v  turns on verbose output
-f  if deletes fail for some fields of a file, continue trying others
-F field
    add field to the list of fields to be deleted
-D directory
    copy output files to new directory, retaining source file basenames
-o outfile
    copy output file to specified destination file

EXIT STATUS
Zero if all deletes succeed on all files, non-zero otherwise

EXAMPLES
h_delete -Ffoo -Fbar f1.wav f2.wav
    Remove fields "foo" and "bar" from files f1.wav and f2.wav.

AUTHOR
Stan Janet (stan@jaguar.ncsl.nist.gov)