The tools is a collection of subcommands. These can quickly making plots of slices and projections
through a dataset, updating yt's codebase, print basic statistics about a dataset, launch an IPython
notebook session, and more.
usage: yt [-h] [--config CONFIG] [--paste] [--paste-detailed] [--detailed] [--rpdb] [--parallel]
[--version] subcommand
yt command line arguments
optionalarguments:-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--config CONFIG
Set configuration option, in the form param=value
--paste
Paste traceback to paste.yt-project.org
--paste-detailed
Paste a detailed traceback with local variables to paste.yt-project.org
--detailed
Display detailed traceback.
--rpdb Enable remote pdb interaction (for parallel debugging).
--parallel
Run in MPI-parallel mode (must be launched as an MPI task)
--version
show program's version number and exit
subcommands:
help Print help message
bugreport
Report a bug in yt
hub_register
Register a user on the Hub: https://hub.yt-project.org/
instinfo
Get some information about the yt installation
version
Get some information about the yt installation
load Load a single dataset into an IPython instance
mapserver
Serve a plot in a GMaps-style interface
pastebin
Post a script to an anonymous pastebin
pastebin_grab
Print an online pastebin to STDOUT for local use.
upload_notebook
Upload an IPython notebook to hub.yt-project.org.
plot Create a set of images
rpdb Connect to a currently running (on localhost) rpd session. Commands run with --rpdb will trigger
an rpdb session with any uncaught exceptions.
notebook
Run the IPython Notebook
stats Print stats and max/min value of a given field (if requested), for one or more datasets (default
field is density)
update Update the yt installation to the most recent version
upload_image
Upload an image to imgur.com. Must be PNG.