auto_goddard.sh

#! /usr/bin/env bash
# 2014-05-02
# S. B. Malevich <[email protected]>

# Dump netCDF files in CWD to a text CDF file. Change `time = 1 ;` dimension 
# to `time = UNLIMITED`, and then convert the CDF back into a netCDF file, 
# overwriting the original.

for f in *.nc; do
    cp $f $f.original # Make copy for safety. Might want to comment this out.
    ncdump $f | sed 's/time \= 1/time \= UNLIMITED/' | ncgen -o $f
done