List of heasptools tasks

ftaddarf - Add input ARF files with specified weights
ftaddrmf - Add input RMF files with specified weights
ftaddspec - Adds spectrum files and, optionally, associated files
ftascii2pha - Creates an OGIP standard PHA file from a text file
ftchkarf - Checks the validity of a FITS arf file
ftchkpha - Checks the validity of a FITS pha file
ftchkrmf - Checks the validity of a FITS response file
ftchktablemodel - Checks the validity of a FITS table model file
ftcmparf - Converts a type 2 ARF file to a type 1 ARF file
ftcmppha - Converts a type 2 pha file to a type 1 pha file
ftcmprmf - Compress RMF by removing response below a threshold
ftconvoldrsp - Converts old-style SF format response matrices to FITS
ftdmprmf - Displays OGIP standard Response FITS file
ftflx2tab - Read an input text file with one or more model spectra and convert to an XSPEC table model file
ftflx2xsp - Creates spectra and response files from an input text file of fluxes and errors
ftgcorpha - Remaps PHA channels from SPECTRUM extension
ftgcorrmf - Remaps a detector redistribution matrix in channel or energy space
ftgenrsp - Generic spectral response generator
ftgrouppha - Modifies the GROUPING column in a pha file using a number of possible criteria
ftmarfrmf - Multiplies/divides a detector redistribution matrix by an ancillary response dataset or a scalar
ftmkfiltrsp - Read an input text with a filter response to make a single channel response matrix
ftmkpha - Converts the test version of the old pha format and converts to standard FITS format.
ftmathpha - Performs mathematical operations on spectrum files
ftmkrsp - Converts the test version of the old rsp format and converts to standard FITS format.
ftrbnarf - Rebins an ARF
ftrbnpha - Physically compresses (rebins) a PHA dataset in channel-space
ftrbnrmf - Physically compresses (rebins) an RMF dataset in channel-space and/or energy space
ftrgsrmfsmooth - Smooths an XMM RGS response matrix for an extended source
ftrsp2rmfarf - Splits an RSP file into an RMF and an ARF
ftsdss2xsp - Creates spectra and response files for XSPEC from an SDSS spectral file
ftstripnegchan - Removes negative channel numbers from a response matrix file
ftVOtable2xsp - Creates spectra and response files for XSPEC from VOtable spectrum

Cross index between heasptools and older ftools


   FTOOLS           HEASPTOOLS

   addarf         -> ftaddarf
   addrmf         -> ftaddrmf
   arf2arf1       -> ftcmparf
   ascii2pha      -> ftascii2pha
   chkarf *       -> ftchkarf
   chkpha *       -> ftchkpha
   chkrmf *       -> ftchkrmf
   cmppha         -> ftcmppha
   cmprmf         -> ftcmprmf
   dmprmf *       -> ftdmprmf
   flx2tab *      -> ftflx2tab
   flx2xsp *      -> ftflx2xsp
   gcorpha *      -> ftgcorpha
   gcorrmf *      -> ftgcorrmf
   genrsp *       -> ftgenrsp
   grppha         -> ftgrouppha
   marfrmf        -> ftmarfrmf
   mkfiltrsp *    -> ftmkfiltrsp
   rbnpha *       -> ftrbnpha
   rbnrmf *       -> ftrbnrmf
   rgsrmfsmooth * -> ftrgsrmfsmooth
   rsp2rmf *      -> ftconvoldrsp
   rsp2rmfarf *   -> ftrsp2rmfarf
   sdss2xsp *     -> ftsdss2xsp
   sprbnarf *     -> ftrbnarf
   VOtable2xsp    -> ftVOtable2xsp

   * This task is now just a wrapper to its HEASPTOOLS counterpart