## NAME

          dat2gmt - Convert an ASCII file to a binary gmt file

## SYNOPSIS

          dat2gmt gmtfile

## DESCRIPTION

          dat2gmt reads an ASCII version of a gmt file (made by gmt2dat) from
          standard input and creates a binary gmt file.

## EXAMPLES

          To create a gmt file from the ASCII file c2104_fixed.ascii, try

          dat2gmt c2104.gmt < c2104_fixed.ascii

## SEE ALSO

          gmt2dat, gmt

## REFERENCES

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          version 3.2 Technical Reference & Cookbook, SOEST/NOAA.
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          Mapping Tools Released, EOS Trans., AGU, 79 (47), p. 579.
          Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1995, New Version of the Generic
          Mapping Tools Released, EOS Trans., AGU, 76 (33), p. 329.
          Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1995, New Version of the Generic
          Mapping Tools Released, http://www.agu.org/eos_elec/95154e.html,
          Copyright 1995 by the American Geophysical Union.
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          Display Data, EOS Trans., AGU, 72 (41), p. 441.