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NAME
metar - Trivial whether report
SYNOPSIS
metar get
metar print
metar set STATION
metar list
metar closest LATITUDE LONGITUDE [LIST]
DESCRIPTION
metar is a simple utility for find whether stations (hence referred to
as METAR stations,) get and raw METAR reports. Most METAR stations are
airports.
ACTIONS
get
Gets the most recent weather report from the selected METAR
station. The first line in the report will contain the station's
name, country, code, and location.
print
Print the code of the selected METAR station, the station
from which weather reports are retrieved. This is equivalent
to running
(cat ~/.config/metar || cat /etc/metar) 2> /dev/null | head -n 1
set STATION
Stores the STATION as the METAR station from which weather
reports shall be retrieved. STATION shall be the stations's
code. This is equivalent to running
echo STATION > ~/.config/metar
list
Print all METAR stations. This can take a very long time. You
are strongly encouraged to store the output to a file.
Each station is will be printed on a line, containing the its
name, country, code, and location. The code is in parenthesis.
closest LATITUDE LONGITUDE [LIST]
Given a LATITUDE and LONGITUDE in decimal format, print the
code of the closest METAR station. If you have already created
a list of all stations using the action list, specify the
filename of that list as the LIST argument.
FILES
~/.config/metar
Contains a the code for the selected weather station, and
nothing else, except an LF at the end. This will never change.
Other programs are encouraged to use this file too.
If the file contains more than one line, only the first line,
even if it is empty, is used.
/etc/metar
Fallback file use if ~/.config/metar is missing. Other
programs are encouraged to use this file too.
NOTES
US Americans, remember, you are one the western hemisphere. Therefore,
you should specify a negative longitude when using the action closest.
SEE ALSO
xpybar(1), localeme(1)
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