obspy.sac.sacio.SacIO.ReadSacXYHeader

SacIO.ReadSacXYHeader(fh)[source]

Read SAC XY files (ascii)

Parameters:fh open file or file like object.
>>> from obspy.sac import SacIO 
>>> tr = SacIO() 
>>> tr.ReadSacXY('testxy.sac') 
>>> tr.GetHvalue('npts') 
100

This is equivalent to:

>>> tr = SacIO('testxy.sac',alpha=True)  

Reading only the header portion of alphanumeric SAC-files is currently not supported.