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The series of commands shown in each tutorial can be written to a single casapy script using the CASA Guides script extractor.  The script extractor is described here.

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== Introduction ==

The script extractor will produce a Python script that can be invoked inside casapy.  The extractor ignores all CASA Guide source code that is not Python.  Special UNIX commands (such as 'ls' and 'less') supported by CASA but not by Python are commented out, and interactive pauses are inserted when GUIs are invoked.  (The interactive pause is necessary to avoid table lock errors that are produced when multiple tasks are run simultaneously.)

If you are using OSX, you must have Python 2.7.13 or greater. Due to OSX security updates, the script extractor will not work with earlier versions of Python.

== How to Get the Script Extractor ==

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For most uses, the single-module [https://github.com/jaredcrossley/CASA-Guides-Script-Extractor/blob/master/extractCASAscript.py script extractor] is all you will need.  This Python module is maintained in a github repository as part of a simple, automated benchmark testing system.  If you like, you can browse the [https://github.com/jaredcrossley/CASA-Guides-Script-Extractor whole repository] also.

== How to Use the Script Extractor ==

Make your newly acquired Python script executable.

<source lang="bash">
# in bash
mv ExtractCASAscript.py extractCASAscript.py
chmod u+x extractCASAscript.py
</source>

To run it, issue the Python script name and give the URL as the argument. For example:

<source lang="bash">
# in bash or csh
./extractCASAscript.py 'http://casaguides.nrao.edu/index.php?title=Calibrating_a_VLA_5_GHz_continuum_survey'
</source>

This command will automatically generate a script called <tt>CalibratingaVLA5GHzcontinuumsurvey.py</tt>.  This script can be run in CASA:

<source lang="python">
# in CASA
execfile('CalibratingaVLA5GHzcontinuumsurvey.py')
</source>

== Support ==

Questions and bug reports should be submitted to either the [https://help.nrao.edu/ NRAO] or [https://help.almascience.org/ ALMA] helpdesks.