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 * `h5dump` (command line HDF5 extraction)
 * `h5stat` (command line HDF5 database statistics)
 
+There's also [[HDFView]] which provides a nice graphical interface.
+
 I'll walk through the HDF5 tutorial with `h5py` to give you a feel for
 how things work.  It may help to keep in mind the following HDF5 to
 filesystem concept map:

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+[[!meta  title="HDFView"]]
+
+[HDFView][] is a useful utility for browsing and manipulating
+[[HDF5]].
+
+Note that there is currently a [minor bug with the Ubuntu
+packaging][bug], so you may need to install `default-jre` and by hand.
+
+[[!img HDFView.png alt="HDFView screenshot"
+             title="HDFView screenshot" ]]
+
+[HDFView]: http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/hdfview/
+[bug]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhdf/+bug/620779
+
+[[!tag tags/tools]]

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