bhd.1

speech signal process tools

.\" Copyright (c) 1987 Entropic Speech, Inc.; All rights reserved
.\" @(#)bhd.1	1.3 6/17/87 ESI
.TH BHD 1\-ESPS 6/17/87
.ds ]W "\fI\s+4\ze\h'0.05'e\s-4\v'-0.4m'\fP\(*p\v'0.4m'\ Entropic Speech, Inc.
.SH "NAME"
bhd \- behead an ESPS file
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B bhd
[
.I file
]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
.I Bhd
reads an ESPS file, discards the header (with any included headers)
and writes the remainder unchanged to the standard output.  This program
is intended to allow the contents of an ESPS file to be passed to non-ESPS
programs.
.SH "ESPS HEADERS"
.PP
This program ignores all header items.
.SH "ESPS PARAMETERS"
.PP
This program does not access the parameter file.
.SH OPTIONS
.pp
No options are supported.
.SH "EXAMPLE(S)"
.PP
Suppose you need to check that two versions of a program are writing
identical output data, though there may have been header changes.
Do the following with output files from the two programs.
.LP
.BI bhd " file.1 " > " tmp"
.br
.BI bhd " file.2 " "| cmp \-" " tmp"
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
hdshrink(1\-ESPS), ESPS(5-ESPS), read_header(3-ESPS)
.SH "FUTURE CHANGES"
.PP
Option to output some header information:
.I "ndrec, tag, ndouble, nfloat, nlong, nshort, nchar."
.SH "DIAGNOSTICS"
.PP
.nf
Usage: bhd [file]
bhd: can't open \fIfilename\fP: \fIreason\fP
bhd: \fIfilename\fP is not an ESPS file
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
None known.
.SH "AUTHOR"
Rodney Johnson.