Introduction

Psana has a simple python-script interface, which can be run online (in realtime), offline, and parallelized over many cores/machines both online and offline.  Once you have run the quick example below (we believe you should be able to run/understand it in <30 minutes) you can find complete documentation all on ONE page here.

Quick Example

To do analysis with a psana python script execute the following commands.  This requires the ability to ssh to an LCLS unix account and the ability to open up a graphics window on your computer ("X-windows").  Two free options for graphics:  XQuartz (for Mac) and NX Technology (for Mac or Windows).  Replace "YOURACCOUNTNAME" in the first line below with your unix account name.

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