Last modified: 20 August 2013
Tool Name: h5stat
Syntax:
  `h5stat` [OPTIONS] file

Purpose:
  Reports statistics about an HDF5 file and its objects.

Description:
  `h5stat` reports selected statistics regarding an HDF5 file and the objects in that file.

Options and Parameters:

  `-h` or `--help` | Print a usage message and exit.
  `-V` or `--version` | Print version of HDF5 and exit.
  `-f` or `--file` | Print file information.
  `-F` or `--filemetadata` | Print file space information for file metadata.
  `-g` or `--group` | Print group information.
  `-l N` or `--links=N` | Set the threshold for the number of links when printing information for small groups. N is an integer greater than 0. The default threshold is 10.
  `-G` or `--groupmetadata` | Print file space information for group metadata.
  `-d` or `--dset` | Print dataset information.
  `-m N` or `--dims=N` | Set the threshold for the dimension sizes when printing information for small datasets. N is an integer greater than 0. The default threshold is 10.
  `-D` or `--dsetmetadata` | Print file space information for dataset metadata.
  `-T` or `--dtypemetadata` | Print dataset datatype information.
  `-A` or `--attribute` | Print attribute information.
  `-a N` or `--numattrs=N` | Set the threshold for the number of of attributes when printing information for small numbers of attributes. N is an integer greater than 0. The default threshold is 10.
  `-s` or `--freespace` | Print free space information.
  `-S` or `--summary` | Print summary of file space information.

Exit Status:

  0 | Succeeded.
  > 0 | An error occurred.

History:

  Release | Change
  1.10.0 | Option added in this release: `` `-s, --freespace`
  1.8.12 | Options added in this release: `` `-l N`, `--links=N` `` `-m N`, `--dims=N` `` `-a N`, `--numattrs=N`
  1.8.9 | Option added in this release: `` `-S`, `--summary`
  1.8.0 | Tool introduced in this release.