Gdal_translate command for SDS having spaces in its name

Question

Can anyone help me with using gdal_translate on an HDF4 dataset that a space?

One SDS in the the HDF is:

HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MOD13Q1.A2004001.h08v05.005.2007234070731.hdf":MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI:250m 16 days NDVI

I want to use gdal_translate to extract this as a tif or envi file and I use the following command:

HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MOD13Q1.A2004001.h08v05.005.2007234070731.hdf":MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI:250m 16 days NDVI ndvi.envi

This displays a message "too many command options" and displays the general gdal_translate template and "The following format drivers are configured and support output:" list.

Where am I going wrong? I have used the same command another dataset that does not have spaces like that of between "16 days NDVI" and that works perfectly.

Answer 1

BTW, your gdal_translate command is incomplete, you don't have the command name or the format argument.

But, you just need to quote the entire string, possibly with escapes. Try just single quotes around it all

'HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MOD13Q1.A2004001.h08v05.005.2007234070731.hdf":MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI:250m 16 days NDVI'