Houdini Cookbook

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Houdini cookbook

Miscellaneous Houdini-related obscure tips and tricks.

Document all environment variables

The hconfig shell command can be used to get all the relevant information --

hconfig displays all defined variables
hconfig -a displays all available variables
hconfig -H <variable> outputs the help text for a single variable.

To get a single text file with all variables' help text, use the following command line:

hconfig -a | awk '{ print "hconfig -H " }' | bash > houdini_variables_docs.txt