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esmvaltool data format --config_file <path to config-user.yml> <dataset-name>
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The options `--start` and `--end` can be added to command above to restrict the
formatting of raw data to a time range. They will be ignored if a specific
dataset does not support (i.e. because it is provided as a single file).
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Suggested change: dataset does not support -> dataset does not support this option (i.e because all the data is provided as a single file).

Valid formats are `YYYY`, `YYYYMM`, `YYYYMMDD`. The same way is also applicable for
the option `esmvaltool data download`.

The ``config-user.yml`` is the file in which we define the different data
paths, see the episode on [Configuration]({{ page.root }}{% link _episodes/03-configuration.md %}).
In the ``rootpath`` of your ``config-user.yml``, make sure to add the right
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have a look at this file if you want. The script also uses a configuration file:
`~/ESMValTool/esmvaltool/cmorizers/data/cmor_config/FLUXCOM.yml`.

To get help on CMORizer commands, run the tool with:

```bash
esmvaltool data --help
```

## Make a test recipe

To verify that the data is correctly CMORized, we will make a simple test
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