imhead – List, get and put image header parameters – analysis, information, manipulation task

Description

Parameters

Title
Parameter	Default	Description
imagename	`''`
mode	`'summary'`
hdkey	`''`
hdvalue	`''`
verbose	`False`

Parameter Explanations

imagename

''

Name of the input image

mode

'summary'

Mode of operation: “add”, “del”, “get”, “history”, “list”, “put”, or “summary”. Modes “add”, “del”, and “put” will not work if the image is read-only (eg a FITS image).

hdkey

''

The associated keyword for modes “add”, “del”, “get”, or “put”. Only “get” will work if the image is read-only (eg, a FITS image).

hdvalue

''

Value of keyword for modes add or put.

verbose

False

Give a full listing of beams or just a short summary? Only used when the image has multiple beams and mode=”summary”.