Convet .zrx to .csv

Utility to convert .zrx files from the Province of Bozen meteo stations to .csv.

The script will:

• Split the file. Creating one file for each combination of station-measurement. Saves the resulting files in a folder called splitted_<filename>
• Convert the files. Parsing the header and extracting the following info SNAME SANR REXCHANGE DATEFIRST DATELAST. Creating a file with the previous info in the filename and the data in .csv format. Converted files will be written into a folder named converted_<filename>

Version

convert_zrx_v1.sh is target to a specific (old) version of the zrx format

convert_zrx_v2.sh is target to a specific (new) version of the zrx format

Usage

For version 1 (old format): bash convert_zrx_v1.sh test.zrx

For version 2 (new format): bash convert_zrx_v2.sh test_v2.zrx

You can use this in a linux shell or on windows (either with WSL or with any other linux emulator e.g. Git Bash)

Reference

It uses a combination of linux utilities such as csplit, awk, cat, sed, etc.

Limitations

• The header parsing could be certainly improved
• The (some) info from the header are stored in the filename. This approach is effective but suboptimal. Another strategy could be implemented.