from optparse import OptionParser parser = OptionParser() parser.usage = "usage: %prog [options] FILE" parser.description = "A script to compare PISM flowline velocities with full Stokes solution." (options, args) = parser.parse_args() plot_acab = True if len(args) != 1: print('wrong number of arguments, 1 expected') exit(1) try: nc = Dataset(args[0], 'r') except: print(("file %s not found ... ending ..." % args[0])) exit(2) def permute(variable, output_order=('t', 'z', 'zb', 'y', 'x')): """Permute dimensions of a NetCDF variable to match the output storage order.""" input_dimensions = variable.dimensions # filter out irrelevant dimensions dimensions = filter(lambda (x): x in input_dimensions, output_order) # create the mapping mapping = map(lambda (x): dimensions.index(x), input_dimensions)