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Old   September 13, 2016, 11:25
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Hello all,

I know it sounds really odd, but I have a problem with the foamToVTK syntax. I try to convert field data (in this case pressure) to the VTK format by typing
Code:
foamToVTK -fields p
I get the error message:
Code:
--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR: 
incorrect first token, expected <int> or '(', found on line 0 the word 'p'
I cannot find any reason why foamToVTK is expecting an integer here. And yes, I have tried
Code:
foamToVTK -fields (p)
too as proposed.

Thanks in advance and best regards,

Kate

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Old   September 14, 2016, 04:51
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Hi Kate,

Code:
foamToVTK -fields '(p)'
Works for me. Probably the apostrophes are needed to let OpenFOAM know it is a list of words between the brackets.

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Hi,

Little addition from foamToVTK.C ($FOAM_APP/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToVTK/foamToVTK.C) header:

Code:
Usage
    \b foamToVTK [OPTION]

    Options:
      ...
      - \par -fields \<fields\>
        Convert selected fields only. For example,
        \verbatim
          -fields "( p T U )"
        \endverbatim
        The quoting is required to avoid shell expansions and to pass the
        information as a single argument.
    ...
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Thank you both,

Don't you think the error message I posted above could be missunderstood easily and should be changed in the source code?

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Hi,

I am not certain whether that is easily done. It looks a lot like standard syntax error output and it is probably reused in multiple locations. Maybe the usage or help can be improved somehow. I would suggest you file a bug report with a suggested improved error message here:

http://bugs.openfoam.org/

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Hello all,

see bug report 0002252.

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