search_ds9reg_by_name
Updated: Nov07,2019

Isolate a line of data fron a ds9 region file that matches an input name.

 
% search_ds9reg_by_name --help   
Usage: search_ds9reg_by_name 1 filename 
arg1 - name (text string) of the region of interest 
arg2 - name of regions file (must be image units)

Examples: 
% cat ds9.reg
image
circle(74.999091,93.999601,9.779295) # text={1}
circle(140.00619,46.999036,9.4063358) # color=blue text={jjdkdk}
circle(125.99367,133.99625,9.3827137) # color=magenta text={22}

% search_ds9reg_by_name 1 ds9.reg
 75.00 94.00 9.78 circle green 1 

% search_ds9reg_by_name boo ds9.reg
 none none none none none none 





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