# hdf

## Summary

+ **Module Name:** hdf5
+ **Support Level:** Secondary Support
+ **Software Access Level:** Open Access
+ **Home Page:** [https://www.hdfgroup.org](https://www.hdfgroup.org)

## Software Description

HDF is a library and a multi-object file format that facilitates the
transfer of various types of scientific data between machines and
operating systems. HDF5 also has a collection of utilities for
manipulating data.
## General Linux

To load this module for use in a Linux environment, you can run the command:

	module load hdf5

Depending on where you are working, there may be more than one version of hdf5 available.
To see which modules are available for loading you can run:

	module avail hdf5