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<h1 align=center>PSMASK</h1>

<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
<a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br>
<a href="#EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</a><br>
<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>

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<a name="NAME"></a>
<h2>NAME</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">psmask &minus;
To clip or mask areas of no data on a map</p>

<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a>
<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>psmask</b>
[<i>xyzfile</i>]
<b>&minus;I</b><i>xinc</i>[<i>unit</i>][<b>=</b>|<b>+</b>][/<i>yinc</i>[<i>unit</i>][<b>=</b>|<b>+</b>]]
<b>&minus;J</b><i>parameters</i>
<b>&minus;R</b><i>west</i>/<i>east</i>/<i>south</i>/<i>north</i>[<b>r</b>]
[ <b>&minus;B</b>[<b>p</b>|<b>s</b>]<i>parameters</i> ] [
<b>&minus;D</b><i>dumpfile</i> ] [
<b>&minus;E</b><i>azim</i>/<i>elev</i>[<b>+w</b><i>lon</i>/<i>lat</i>[/<i>z</i>]][<b>+v</b><i>x0</i>/<i>y0</i>]
] [ <b>&minus;F</b> ] [ <b>&minus;G</b><i>fill</i> ] [
<b>&minus;H</b>[<b>i</b>][<i>nrec</i>] ] [ <b>&minus;K</b> ]
[ <b>&minus;N</b> ] [ <b>&minus;O</b> ] [ <b>&minus;P</b> ]
[
<b>&minus;S</b><i>search_radius</i>[<b>m</b>|<b>c</b>|<b>k</b>|<b>K</b>]
] [ <b>&minus;T</b> ] [
<b>&minus;U</b>[<i>just</i>/<i>dx</i>/<i>dy</i>/][<b>c</b>|<i>label</i>]
] [ <b>&minus;V</b> ] [
<b>&minus;X</b>[<b>a</b>|<b>c</b>|<b>r</b>][<i>x-shift</i>[<b>u</b>]]
] [
<b>&minus;Y</b>[<b>a</b>|<b>c</b>|<b>r</b>][<i>y-shift</i>[<b>u</b>]]
] [ <b>&minus;c</b><i>copies</i> ] [
<b>&minus;:</b>[<b>i</b>|<b>o</b>] ] [
<b>&minus;bi</b>[<b>s</b>|<b>S</b>|<b>d</b>|<b>D</b>[<i>ncol</i>]|<b>c</b>[<i>var1</i><b>/</b><i>...</i>]]
] [ <b>&minus;m</b>[<i>flag</i>] ]</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>psmask
&minus;C</b> [ <b>&minus;K</b> ] [ <b>&minus;O</b> ]</p>

<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a>
<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>psmask</b>
reads a (<i>x</i>,<i>y</i>,<i>z</i>) file [or standard
input] and uses this information to find out which grid
cells are reliable. Only gridcells which have one or more
data points are considered reliable. As an option, you may
specify a radius of influence. Then, all gridcells that are
within <i>radius</i> of a data point are considered
reliable. Furthermore, an option is provided to reverse the
sense of the test. Having found the reliable/not reliable
points, <b>psmask</b> will either paint tiles to mask these
nodes (with the <b>&minus;T</b> switch), or use contouring
to create polygons that will clip out regions of no
interest. When clipping is initiated, it will stay in effect
until turned off by a second call to <b>psmask</b> using the
<b>&minus;C</b> option. <i><br>
xyzfile</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">File with
(<i>x</i>,<i>y</i>,<i>z</i>) values (e.g., that was used to
run <b><A HREF="surface.html">surface</A></b>). If no file is given, standard input is
read. For binary files, see <b>&minus;b</b>.</p>

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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;I</b></p> </td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><i>x_inc</i> [and
optionally <i>y_inc</i>] is the grid spacing. Optionally,
append a suffix modifier. <b>Geographical (degrees)
coordinates</b>: Append <b>m</b> to indicate arc minutes or
<b>c</b> to indicate arc seconds. If one of the units
<b>e</b>, <b>k</b>, <b>i</b>, or <b>n</b> is appended
instead, the increment is assumed to be given in meter, km,
miles, or nautical miles, respectively, and will be
converted to the equivalent degrees longitude at the middle
latitude of the region (the conversion depends on
<b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#ELLIPSOID">ELLIPSOID</A></b>). If /<i>y_inc</i> is given but set to 0 it
will be reset equal to <i>x_inc</i>; otherwise it will be
converted to degrees latitude. <b>All coordinates</b>: If
<b>=</b> is appended then the corresponding max <i>x</i>
(<i>east</i>) or <i>y</i> (<i>north</i>) may be slightly
adjusted to fit exactly the given increment [by default the
increment may be adjusted slightly to fit the given domain].
Finally, instead of giving an increment you may specify the
<i>number of nodes</i> desired by appending <b>+</b> to the
supplied integer argument; the increment is then
recalculated from the number of nodes and the domain. The
resulting increment value depends on whether you have
selected a gridline-registered or pixel-registered grid; see
Appendix B for details. Note: if
<b>&minus;R</b><i>grdfile</i> is used then grid spacing has
already been initialized; use <b>&minus;I</b> to override
the values.</p></td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;J</b></p> </td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Selects the map
projection. Scale is UNIT/degree, 1:xxxxx, or width in UNIT
(upper case modifier). UNIT is cm, inch, or m, depending on
the <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#MEASURE_UNIT">MEASURE_UNIT</A></b> setting in .gmtdefaults4, but this
can be overridden on the command line by appending <b>c</b>,
<b>i</b>, or <b>m</b> to the scale/width value. When central
meridian is optional, default is center of longitude range
on <b>&minus;R</b> option. Default standard parallel is the
equator. For map height, max dimension, or min dimension,
append <b>h</b>, <b>+</b>, or <b>-</b> to the width,
respectively.</p> </td>
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<p style="margin-left:22%;">More details can be found in
the <b><A HREF="psbasemap.html">psbasemap</A></b> man pages.</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>CYLINDRICAL
PROJECTIONS:</b></p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>&minus;Jc</b><i>lon0/lat0/scale</i>
(Cassini) <b><br>

&minus;Jcyl_stere</b>/[<i>lon0/</i>[<i>lat0/</i>]]<i>scale</i>
(Cylindrical Stereographic) <b><br>
&minus;Jj</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Miller) <b><br>
&minus;Jm</b>[<i>lon0</i>/[<i>lat0/</i>]]<i>scale</i>
(Mercator) <b><br>
&minus;Jm</b><i>lon0/lat0/scale</i> (Mercator - Give
meridian and standard parallel) <b><br>
&minus;Jo</b>[<b>a</b>]<i>lon0/lat0/azimuth/scale</i>
(Oblique Mercator - point and azimuth) <b><br>
&minus;Jo</b>[<b>b</b>]<i>lon0/lat0/lon1/lat1/scale</i>
(Oblique Mercator - two points) <b><br>
&minus;Joc</b><i>lon0/lat0/lonp/latp/scale</i> (Oblique
Mercator - point and pole) <b><br>
&minus;Jq</b>[<i>lon0/</i>[<i>lat0/</i>]]<i>scale</i>
(Cylindrical Equidistant) <b><br>
&minus;Jt</b><i>lon0/</i>[<i>lat0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (TM -
Transverse Mercator) <b><br>
&minus;Ju</b><i>zone/scale</i> (UTM - Universal Transverse
Mercator) <b><br>
&minus;Jy</b>[<i>lon0/</i>[<i>lat0/</i>]]<i>scale</i>
(Cylindrical Equal-Area)</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>CONIC
PROJECTIONS:</b></p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>&minus;Jb</b><i>lon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/scale</i>
(Albers) <b><br>
&minus;Jd</b><i>lon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/scale</i> (Conic
Equidistant) <b><br>
&minus;Jl</b><i>lon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/scale</i> (Lambert Conic
Conformal) <b><br>
&minus;Jpoly</b>/[<i>lon0/</i>[<i>lat0/</i>]]<i>scale</i>
((American) Polyconic)</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>AZIMUTHAL
PROJECTIONS:</b></p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>&minus;Ja</b><i>lon0/lat0</i>[<i>/horizon</i>]<i>/scale</i>
(Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area) <b><br>
&minus;Je</b><i>lon0/lat0</i>[<i>/horizon</i>]<i>/scale</i>
(Azimuthal Equidistant) <b><br>
&minus;Jf</b><i>lon0/lat0</i>[<i>/horizon</i>]<i>/scale</i>
(Gnomonic) <b><br>
&minus;Jg</b><i>lon0/lat0</i>[<i>/horizon</i>]<i>/scale</i>
(Orthographic) <b><br>

&minus;Jg</b><i>lon0/lat0/altitude/azimuth/tilt/twist/Width/Height/scale</i>
(General Perspective). <b><br>
&minus;Js</b><i>lon0/lat0</i>[<i>/horizon</i>]<i>/scale</i>
(General Stereographic)</p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>MISCELLANEOUS
PROJECTIONS:</b></p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>&minus;Jh</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i>
(Hammer) <b><br>
&minus;Ji</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Sinusoidal) <b><br>
&minus;Jkf</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Eckert IV) <b><br>
&minus;Jk</b>[<b>s</b>][<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Eckert
IV) <b><br>
&minus;Jn</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Robinson) <b><br>
&minus;Jr</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Winkel Tripel)
<b><br>
&minus;Jv</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Van der Grinten)
<b><br>
&minus;Jw</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Mollweide)</p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>NON-GEOGRAPHICAL
PROJECTIONS:</b></p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>&minus;Jp</b>[<b>a</b>]<i>scale</i>[<i>/origin</i>][<b>r</b>|<b>z</b>]
(Polar coordinates (theta,r)) <b><br>

&minus;Jx</b><i>x-scale</i>[<b>d</b>|<b>l</b>|<b>p</b><i>pow</i>|<b>t</b>|<b>T</b>][<i>/y-scale</i>[<b>d</b>|<b>l</b>|<b>p</b><i>pow</i>|<b>t</b>|<b>T</b>]]
(Linear, log, and power scaling)</p>

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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;R</b></p> </td>
<td width="8%"></td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><i>xmin</i>,
<i>xmax</i>, <i>ymin</i>, and <i>ymax</i> specify the Region
of interest. For geographic regions, these limits correspond
to <i>west, east, south,</i> and <i>north</i> and you may
specify them in decimal degrees or in
[+-]dd:mm[:ss.xxx][W|E|S|N] format. Append <b>r</b> if lower
left and upper right map coordinates are given instead of
w/e/s/n. The two shorthands <b>&minus;Rg</b> and
<b>&minus;Rd</b> stand for global domain (0/360 and
-180/+180 in longitude respectively, with -90/+90 in
latitude). Alternatively, specify the name of an existing
grid file and the <b>&minus;R</b> settings (and grid
spacing, if applicable) are copied from the grid. For
calendar time coordinates you may either give (a) relative
time (relative to the selected <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#TIME_EPOCH">TIME_EPOCH</A></b> and in the
selected <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#TIME_UNIT">TIME_UNIT</A></b>; append <b>t</b> to
<b>&minus;JX</b>|<b>x</b>), or (b) absolute time of the form
[<i>date</i>]<b>T</b>[<i>clock</i>] (append <b>T</b> to
<b>&minus;JX</b>|<b>x</b>). At least one of <i>date</i> and
<i>clock</i> must be present; the <b>T</b> is always
required. The <i>date</i> string must be of the form
[-]yyyy[-mm[-dd]] (Gregorian calendar) or yyyy[-Www[-d]]
(ISO week calendar), while the <i>clock</i> string must be
of the form hh:mm:ss[.xxx]. The use of delimiters and their
type and positions must be exactly as indicated (however,
input, output and plot formats are customizable; see
<b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html">gmtdefaults</A></b>).</p> </td>
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<a name="OPTIONS"></a>
<h2>OPTIONS</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">No space
between the option flag and the associated arguments.</p>

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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;B</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Sets map boundary
annotation and tickmark intervals; see the <b><A HREF="psbasemap.html">psbasemap</A></b>
man page for all the details.</p></td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;C</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Mark end of
existing clip path. No input file is needed. Implicitly sets
<b>&minus;O</b>. However, you must supply <b>&minus;Xa</b>
and <b>&minus;Ya</b> settings if you are using absolute
positioning.</p> </td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;D</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Dumps out the
resulting clipping polygons to disk. Ignored if
<b>&minus;T</b> is set. If no dumpprefix is given we use
mask (Files will be called mask_*.d). Append
<b>+n&lt;n_pts&gt;</b> to limit the number of points in
files to a minimum of <i>n_pts</i>. That is, do not write
individual polygon files if they do not have at least
<i>n_pts</i> vertices. Often, when one uses the
<b>&minus;D</b> option it is not wished to output any ps
code to stdout. In such cases redirect the output to &gt;
/dev/null on *nix systems or to &gt; nul on Windows.</p></td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;E</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Sets the
viewpoint&rsquo;s azimuth and elevation (for perspective
view) [180/90]. For frames used for animation, you may want
to append <b>+</b> to fix the center of your data domain (or
specify a particular world coordinate point with
<b>+w</b><i>lon0</i>/<i>lat</i>[/<i>z</i>]) which will
project to the center of your page size (or specify the
coordinates of the projected veiw point with
<b>+v</b><i>x0</i>/<i>y0).</i></p> </td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;F</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Force pixel node
registration [Default is gridline registration]. (Node
registrations are defined in <b><A HREF="GMT.html">GMT</A></b> Cookbook Appendix B
on grid file formats.)</p></td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;G</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Paint the clip
polygons (or tiles) with a selected fill [Default is no
fill]. (See SPECIFYING FILL below).</p></td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;H</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Input file(s) has
header record(s). If used, the default number of header
records is <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#N_HEADER_RECS">N_HEADER_RECS</A></b>. Use <b>&minus;Hi</b> if
only input data should have header records [Default will
write out header records if the input data have them]. Blank
lines and lines starting with # are always skipped. Not used
with binary data.</p></td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;K</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">More
<i>PostScript</i> code will be appended later [Default
terminates the plot system].</p></td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;N</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Invert the sense of
the test, i.e. clip regions where there is data
coverage.</p> </td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;O</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Selects Overlay
plot mode [Default initializes a new plot system].</p></td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;P</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Selects Portrait
plotting mode [Default is Landscape, see <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html">gmtdefaults</A></b>
to change this].</p></td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;S</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Sets radius of
influence. Grid nodes within <i>radius</i> of a data point
are considered reliable. [Default is 0, which means that
only grid cells with data in them are reliable]. Append
<b>m</b> to indicate minutes or <b>c</b> to indicate
seconds. Append <b>k</b> to indicate km (implies
<b>&minus;R</b> and <b>&minus;I</b> are in degrees, and we
will use a fast flat Earth approximation to calculate
distance). For more accuracy, use uppercase <b>K</b> if
distances should be calculated along geodesics. However, if
the current <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#ELLIPSOID">ELLIPSOID</A></b> is spherical then great circle
calculations are used.</p></td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;T</b></p> </td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Plot tiles instead
of clip polygons. Use <b>&minus;G</b> to set tile color or
pattern.</p> </td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;U</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Draw Unix System
time stamp on plot. By adding <i>just/dx/dy/</i>, the user
may specify the justification of the stamp and where the
stamp should fall on the page relative to lower left corner
of the plot. For example, BL/0/0 will align the lower left
corner of the time stamp with the lower left corner of the
plot. Optionally, append a <i>label</i>, or <b>c</b> (which
will plot the command string.). The <b><A HREF="GMT.html">GMT</A></b> parameters
<b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#UNIX_TIME">UNIX_TIME</A></b>, <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#UNIX_TIME_POS">UNIX_TIME_POS</A></b>, and
<b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#UNIX_TIME_FORMAT">UNIX_TIME_FORMAT</A></b> can affect the appearance; see the
<b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html">gmtdefaults</A></b> man page for details. The time string
will be in the locale set by the environment variable
<b>TZ</b> (generally local time).</p></td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;V</b></p> </td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Selects verbose
mode, which will send progress reports to stderr [Default
runs &quot;silently&quot;].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;X
&minus;Y</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Shift plot origin
relative to the current origin by (<i>x-shift,y-shift</i>)
and optionally append the length unit (<b>c</b>, <b>i</b>,
<b>m</b>, <b>p</b>). You can prepend <b>a</b> to shift the
origin back to the original position after plotting, or
prepend <b>r</b> [Default] to reset the current origin to
the new location. If <b>&minus;O</b> is used then the
default (<i>x-shift,y-shift</i>) is (0,0), otherwise it is
(r1i, r1i) or (r2.5c, r2.5c). Alternatively, give <b>c</b>
to align the center coordinate (x or y) of the plot with the
center of the page based on current page size.</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;:</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Toggles between
(longitude,latitude) and (latitude,longitude) input and/or
output. [Default is (longitude,latitude)]. Append <b>i</b>
to select input only or <b>o</b> to select output only.
[Default affects both].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;bi</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Selects binary
input. Append <b>s</b> for single precision [Default is
<b>d</b> (double)]. Uppercase <b>S</b> or <b>D</b> will
force byte-swapping. Optionally, append <i>ncol</i>, the
number of columns in your binary input file if it exceeds
the columns needed by the program. Or append <b>c</b> if the
input file is netCDF. Optionally, append
<i>var1</i><b>/</b><i>var2</i><b>/</b><i>...</i> to specify
the variables to be read. [Default is 2 input columns].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;c</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Specifies the
number of plot copies. [Default is 1].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;m</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Multiple segment
file(s). Segments are separated by a special record. For
ASCII files the first character must be <i>flag</i> [Default
is &rsquo;&gt;&rsquo;]. For binary files all fields must be
NaN and <b>&minus;b</b> must set the number of output
columns explicitly. By default the <b>&minus;m</b> setting
applies to both input and output. Use <b>&minus;mi</b> and
<b>&minus;mo</b> to give separate settings to input and
output.</p> </td>
</table>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>SPECIFYING
FILL</b></p>

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       cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
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<td width="6%">


<p valign="top"><i>fill</i></p></td>
<td width="5%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p valign="top">The attribute <i>fill</i> specifies the
solid shade or solid <i>color</i> (see SPECIFYING COLOR
below) or the pattern used for filling polygons. Patterns
are specified as <b>p</b><i>dpi/pattern</i>, where
<i>pattern</i> gives the number of the built-in pattern
(1-90) <i>or</i> the name of a Sun 1-, 8-, or 24-bit raster
file. The <i>dpi</i> sets the resolution of the image. For
1-bit rasters: use <b>P</b><i>dpi/pattern</i> for inverse
video, or append
<b>:F</b><i>color</i>[<b>B</b>[<i>color</i>]] to specify
fore- and background colors (use <i>color</i> = - for
transparency). See <b><A HREF="GMT.html">GMT</A></b> Cookbook &amp; Technical
Reference Appendix E for information on individual
patterns.</p> </td>
</table>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>SPECIFYING
COLOR</b></p>

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       cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
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<td width="11%"></td>
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<p valign="top"><i>color</i></p></td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p valign="top">The <i>color</i> of lines, areas and
patterns can be specified by a valid color name; by a gray
shade (in the range 0&minus;255); by a decimal color code
(r/g/b, each in range 0&minus;255; h-s-v, ranges
0&minus;360, 0&minus;1, 0&minus;1; or c/m/y/k, each in range
0&minus;1); or by a hexadecimal color code (#rrggbb, as used
in HTML). See the <b><A HREF="gmtcolors.html">gmtcolors</A></b> manpage for more
information and a full list of color names.</p></td>
</table>

<a name="EXAMPLES"></a>
<h2>EXAMPLES</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">To make an
overlay <i>PostScript</i> file that will mask out the
regions of a contour map where there is no control data
using clip polygons, use:</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>psmask</b>
africa_grav.xyg <b>&minus;R</b>20/40/20/40
<b>&minus;I</b>5<b>m &minus;JM</b>10<b>i &minus;O
&minus;K</b> &gt; mask.ps</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The same
example but this time we use white tiling:</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>psmask</b>
africa_grav.xyg <b>&minus;R</b>20/40/20/40
<b>&minus;I</b>5<b>m &minus;JM</b>10<b>i &minus;T &minus;O
&minus;K &minus;G</b>white &gt; mask.ps</p>

<a name="SEE ALSO"></a>
<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><i><A HREF="GMT.html">GMT</A></i>(1),
<i><A HREF="gmtcolors.html">gmtcolors</A></i>(5), <i><A HREF="grdmask.html">grdmask</A></i>(1), <i><A HREF="surface.html">surface</A></i>(1),
<i><A HREF="psbasemap.html">psbasemap</A></i>(1), <i><A HREF="psclip.html">psclip</A></i>(1)</p>
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