READ_ENVIHDR

Read and return ENVI image file header information.

Description

INFO = READ_ENVIHDR('HDR_FILE') reads the ASCII ENVI-generated image header file and returns all the information in a structure of parameters.

  Example:
  >> info = read_envihdr('my_envi_image.hdr')
  info =
         description: [1x101 char]
             samples: 658
               lines: 749
               bands: 3
       header_offset: 0
           file_type: 'ENVI Standard'
           data_type: 4
          interleave: 'bsq'
         sensor_type: 'Unknown'
          byte_order: 0
            map_info: [1x1 struct]
     projection_info: [1x102 char]
    wavelength_units: 'Unknown'
          pixel_size: [1x1 struct]
          band_names: [1x154 char]

• Acknowledgements: This submission has inspired the following:; ENVI file reader/writer
• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.2 (R2006a)

[Jaroslaw Tuszynski]

Uses a little outdated version of MATLAB. Also does not seem to be able to read multi-line description or info fields.