Command line tool to convert ascii table to hdf5
Output filename will have hdf5 extension instead of the original input file extension.
$ ascii2hdf5 -h
usage: ascii2hdf5 [-h] [-f] [-c] [-o OUTPUT] [name [name ...]]
Convert ascii file to hdf5
positional arguments:
name ascii file(s) to convert
optional arguments:
-f, --force overwrite if hdf5 file exists
-c, --clobber remove input ascii file
-v, --verbose verbose output
ascii2hdf5 datafile.dat
will produce datafile.hdf5