Add some utility scripts

utility/extract_MS_and_compress.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+HELP="$(basename $0)"
+if [[ $1 == "-h" || $1 == "--help" ]]; then
+    echo "Extracts tar archives downloaded from the LTA, dysco compresses them and removes the full-resolution flags."
+    echo "Usage:"
+    echo $HELP
+    exit 0
+fi
+# The average step is a workaround for newer DP3 versions where writefullresflags has been removed.
+# Without averaging they remain, but "averaging" with a factor 1 trigger their removal.
+set -e
+for f in *.tar; do  
+    echo $f
+    tar xf $f
+    msname=$(echo $f | awk -F'_' '{print $1"_"$2"_uv.MS"}')
+    echo $msname
+    DP3 msin=$msname msout=$(basename $msname .MS).dysco.MS msout.writefullresflag=False msout.storagemanager=dysco steps=[average] average.timestep=1 average.freqstep=1
+    rm -rf $msname
+    mv $(basename $msname .MS).dysco.MS $msname
+    rm $f
+done

utility/rename_MS_from_LTA.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# See https://www.astron.nl/lofarwiki/doku.php?id=public:lta_howto
+HELP="$(basename $0)"
+if [[ $1 == "-h" || $1 == "--help" ]]; then
+    echo "Renames tar archives downloaded from the LTA that starts with SRMifoGet* to their proper name."
+    echo "Usage:"
+    echo $HELP
+    exit 0
+fi
+find . -name "SRMFifoGet*" | awk -F %2F '{system("mv "$0" "$NF)}'