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The Xselect User's Guide

Version 2.5b

J. Ingham, K.A. Arnaud & M.F. Corcoran

HEASARC
Code 662
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
USA

Nov 1, 2022

Contents
Introduction
Overview
Xselect Commands
- Summary
- bin
- choose
- clear
  - clear all
  - clear clean
  - clear column
  - clear data
  - clear datamode
  - clear detector
  - clear events
  - clear faint
  - clear fast
  - clear grade
  - clear intensity
  - clear hksel
  - clear intensity
  - clear mkfsel
  - clear obscats
  - clear pha_cutoff
  - clear phase
  - clear region
  - clear selection
  - clear smooth
  - clear time
  - clear workspace
- echo
- exit
- extract
- faint
- fast
- filter
  - filter column
  - filter detector
  - filter grade
  - filter hk
  - filter intensity
  - filter time
  - filter pha
  - filter mkf
  - filter phase
  - filter region
- gisclean
- help
- hkbin
- (x)list
  - list obscat
  - list datadir
  - list workdir
- (x)load
- make
- mkfbin
- plot
  - plot curve
  - plot HK
  - plot image
  - plot MKF
  - plot spectrum
- quit
- (x)read
- saoimage
- save
  - save all
  - save clean
  - save curve
  - save dfe
  - save events
  - save expanded
  - save faint
  - save fast
  - save goodtime
  - save hksel
  - save image
  - save intensity
  - save mkf_sel
  - save obscat
  - save phase
  - save region
  - save selection
  - save session
  - save spectrum
  - save time
  - save workspace
- select
  - select chip
  - select event
  - select expref
  - select fast
  - select HK
  - select MKF
  - select obscat
- set
  - set binsize
  - set datadir
  - set datamode
  - set device
  - set dumpcat
  - set image
  - set instrument
  - set mission
  - set mkfdir
  - set pagewidth
  - set pharebin
  - set phaname
  - set wmapname
  - set xybinsize
  - set xycenter
  - set xyname
  - set xysize
- show
  - show data
  - show diff
  - show event
  - show filters
  - show goodtime
  - show GTI
  - show MKF
  - show obscat
  - show parameters
  - show primary
  - show select
  - show status
- sisclean
- sispi
- smooth
  - smooth gaussian
  - smooth lorentzian
  - smooth boxcar
- stop
The Mission Database File
XPI
- Syntax
- Special Characters
- comments
- XPI commands
  - alias
  - log
  - history
  - lparm
  - recall
  - scripts
  - ?
  - ??
  - $ - spawn or exit to shell
Known_Bugs/Features
List of Files
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