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+""" Sample script to convert licel files to SCC netcdf format.
+
+The script assumes the following things:
+
+1. You have already installed the atmospheric_lidar module (e.g. using pip).
+2. You have create a class in a file "ipral" describing your system (described the readme file).
+   If you want to use it for a different system you need to change the script to use your own class
+
+Run the script using: python convert_ipral.py <your options>
+
+Examples
+--------
+# This will read all files starting with "l" from "my_dir".
+# It will guess the measurement ID based on the date of the files, and will assume measurement number 00.
+# For example, the new measurment id could be 20120101mb00
+python convert_ipral.py my_dir l*.
+
+# This will use the measurement id you defined.
+python convert_ipral.py my_dir l*. -m 20120204mb32  # It will create the file 20120204mb32.nc
+
+Help string
+-----------
+# To get this, run: python convert_ipral.py -h
+usage: convert_ipral.py [-h] [-m MEASUREMENT_ID] [-n MEASUREMENT_NUMBER]
+                        [directory] [searchstring]
+
+positional arguments:
+  directory             Directory with licel files.
+  searchstring          Processing system id.
+
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
+  -m MEASUREMENT_ID, --measurement_id MEASUREMENT_ID
+                        The new measurement id
+  -n MEASUREMENT_NUMBER, --measurement_number MEASUREMENT_NUMBER
+                        The measurement number for the date, if no id is
+                        provided
+
+"""
+
+import glob
+import os
+import argparse
+
+from atmospheric_lidar import ipral
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    # Define the command line arguments.
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("directory", nargs='?', help="Directory with licel files.", default='.')
+    parser.add_argument("searchstring", nargs='?', help="Processing system id.", default="*.*")
+    parser.add_argument("-m", "--measurement_id", help="The new measurement id", default=None)
+    parser.add_argument("-n", "--measurement_number", help="The measurement number for the date, if no id is provided", default="00")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+
+    # Get a list of files to convert
+    search_str = os.path.join(args.directory, args.searchstring)
+    files = glob.glob(search_str)
+
+    if files:
+        # Read the files
+        print "Reading {0} files from {1}".format(len(files), args.directory)
+        measurement = ipral.IpralLidarMeasurement(files)
+
+        #Save the netcdf
+        print "Saving netcdf."
+        measurement.set_measurement_id(args.measurement_id, args.measurement_number)
+        measurement.save_as_netcdf()
+        print "Created file ", measurement.scc_filename
+    else:
+        print "No files found when searching for ", search_str
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