Table structure:
sddsquery filename.file | more
column elements:
sddsprintout filename.file -col=coltitle | more
###Export to csv
sddsprintout -spreadsheet=csv -col=* filename.file filename.cdv
sddsplot filename.file -col=a,'(b,c,...)' -graph=line,vary -legend -split=page -separate=nameIndex
sddsconvert oldfilename newfilename -delete=col,colname
strjoin(cellstr(sdds.column.(element).page1)) transforms a java.lang.string element into a legal matlab string
[1] SDDS Manual: http://www.aps.anl.gov/Accelerator_Systems_Division/Accelerator_Operations_Physics/manuals/SDDStoolkit/SDDStoolkit.html