ncdump has lots of options:
ncdump [-c|-h] [-v ...] [-k] [-s] [-t] [-b lang] [-f lang] [-l len] [-n name] [-p fdig[,ddig]] [-x] file [-c] Coordinate variable data and header information [-h] Header information only, no data [-v var1[,...]] Data for variable(s) var1,... only [-k] Output kind of netCDF file [-s] Output special (virtual) attributes [-t] Output time data as ISO date-time strings [-b [c|f]] Brief annotations for C or Fortran indices in data [-f [c|f]] Full annotations for C or Fortran indices in data [-l len] Line length maximum in data section (default 80) [-n name] Name for netCDF (default derived from file name) [-p n[,n]] Display floating-point values with less precision [-x] Output NcML instead of CDL (netCDF-3 files only) file Name of netCDF file