sdffilter(1)

SDFFILTER(1) User Commands SDFFILTER(1)

NAME

sdffilter - manual page for sdffilter 25.11

SYNOPSIS

sdffilter [OPTIONS] inputFiles...

DESCRIPTION

Provides information in a variety of formats (including usda-like) about Sdf Layers or specified (filtered) parts of a layer.

Positionals:

inputFiles ...
The input files to process

OPTIONS

-h,--help
Print this help message and exit
-p,--path regex
Report only paths matching this regex.
-f,--field regex
Report only fields matching this regex.
-t,--time n or ff..lf
Report only these times (n) or time ranges (ff..lf) for 'timeSamples' fields
--timeTolerance tol
Report times that are close to those requested within this relative tolerance. Default: 0.000125
--arraySizeLimit INT
Truncate arrays with more than this many elements. If -1, do not truncate arrays. Default: 0 for 'outline' output, 8 for 'pseudoLayer' output, and -1 for 'layer' output.
--timeSamplesSizeLimit INT
Truncate timeSamples with more than this many values. If -1, do not truncate timeSamples. Default: 0 for 'outline' output, 8 for 'pseudoLayer' output, and -1 for 'layer' output. Truncation performed after initial filtering by --time arguments.
-o,--out TEXT
Direct output to this file. Use the 'outputFormat' for finer control over the underlying format for output formats that are not uniquely determined by file extension.
--outputType validity|summary|outline|pseudoLayer|layer
Specify output format; 'summary' reports overall statistics, 'outline' is a flat text report of paths and fields, 'pseudoLayer' is similar to the usda file format but with truncated array values and timeSamples for human readability, and 'layer' is true layer output, with the format controlled by the 'out' and 'outputFormat' arguments. Default: outline
--outputFormat TEXT
Supply this as the 'format' entry of SdfFileFormatArguments for 'layer' output to a file. Requires both 'layer' output and a specified output file.
--sortBy path|field
Group 'outline' output by either path or field. Ignored for other output types. Default: path
--noValues
Do not report field values.
November 2025 sdffilter 25.11