Explore an hdf5 file

Hi all,

I would like to post treat information from a software called PAM-RTM which simulate injection of resin. Output files are erfh5 that is a kind of hdf5.

So I am discovering this file format and especially the structure of these output files. When I used to program in PHP, there was a function called print_r() enabling to explore the structure of an array to know what are the information that it contains. http://php.net/manual/fr/function.print-r.php

I would like to know if there is an equivalent of this function to explore hdf5 files in matlab.

BR,

Max

Answer 1

[John]

Go to MATLAB Central and search for HDF5TOOLS. It has a function called H5DUMP that should work on 2009a.

[maxroucool]

Exactly what I was expecting!

Thank you very much!

Max

Answer 2

[per isakson]

Did you search the Matlab documentation? Yes there is! Try

    info = h5info( filespec );

See help on h5info. I have the impression that Matlab supports HDF5 well.

Answer 3

[maxroucool]

Hi per isakson,

Thanks for the answer.

I already saw these 3 functions h5info/read/write. But with my previous question I was expecting a recursive function that explores the whole structure of the file.

Of course I could do it by myself, but since I don't really understand the structure of these files, it is not obvious to do it.

BR,

Answer 4

[maxroucool]

OK, in fact you were right!

The h5disp() function seems to do what I want, but does not seems to be available on Matlab 2009... http://www.mathworks.fr/help/techdoc/import_export/f5-86568.html#bsxixpv-1