HED
NAME
hed - interactive and command-line editor for speech file main headers
SYNOPSIS
hed
[ options ] file
DESCRIPTION
hed
is a program to edit the fields of the main header of a speech
file. It can operate in an "interactive" mode, prompting for inputs,
or in a command-line mode, wherby replacement values may be entered using
program switches. Default operation is interactive; the command line
mode is used when any command line switch for header fields is used.
hed
is also a useful utility for creating new (empty) speech files.
General options and their meanings are:
-I
Identify program and exit.
-n
Interactive mode but no questions - just create a new file with a default
header. If file already exists reports 'file exists', otherwise 'new file'.
COMMAND LINE EDITING
Each field in the main header
is allocated one option. To
insert
text specify the text after the option. To
delete
text
specify the null string ("") after the option. Strings are automatically truncated
to fit fields if necessary.
-u username
Owner of file.
-s source
Source Institute of recording.
-d dbase
Name of database to which recording belongs.
-S speaker
Speaker identification.
-C session
Recording session identification.
-D date
Recording session date.
-t token
Name of token (transcription/title).
-r rep
Repetition code of token.
-e environ
Recording environment.
-a archive
Archiving details.
-c comment
Comments.
INTERACTIVE MODE
In interactive mode, each of the above fields are presented in turn, and
the user can enter the replacement text, or a single space character to
delete the current entry, or a [RETURN] to leave entry unchanged. In
addition the user can jump to a particular question by typing "!<num>" and
jump to the end by typing "!!". When all the questions have been answered
the program prompts you to save (y), quit (q) or re-edit the fields (n).
VERSION/AUTHOR
1.1 - Mark Huckvale.
Fri Jul 09 14:54:31 2004