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OSMIUM-SHOW(1) OSMIUM-SHOW(1)

NAME

osmium-show - show OSM file

SYNOPSIS

osmium show [OPTIONS] OSM-FILE

DESCRIPTION

Show the contents of the OSM-FILE on STDOUT, usually in a pager. The output format can be set using the output-format/-f option, its shortcuts -d (debug format with colors), -o (OPL), or -x (XML), or the OSMIUM_SHOW_FORMAT environment variable.

The pager can be set with the OSMIUM_PAGER or the PAGER environment variable. If neither is set, the default less is used unless the option --no-pager is used. If the pager variables are set to an empty value or to cat, no pager is used. On Windows there is no pager support at all.

This commands reads its input file only once, ie. it can read from STDIN.

OPTIONS

-f, --output-format=FORMAT
The format of the output file. Can be used to set the output file format if it can't be autodetected from the output file name. See osmium-file-formats(5) or the libosmium manual for details.
--no-pager
Disable pager.
-d, --format-debug
Same as -f debug,color=true.
-o, --format-opl
Same as -f opl.
-x, --format-xml
Same as -f xml.
-t, --object-type=TYPE
Read only objects of given type (node, way, relation, changeset). By default all types are read. This option can be given multiple times.

COMMON OPTIONS

-h, --help
Show usage help.

INPUT OPTIONS

-F, --input-format=FORMAT
The format of the input file(s). Can be used to set the input format if it can't be autodetected from the file name(s). This will set the format for all input files, there is no way to set the format for some input files only. See osmium-file-formats(5) or the libosmium manual for details.

DIAGNOSTICS

osmium show exits with exit code
0
if everything went alright,
1
if there was an error processing the data, or
2
if there was a problem with the command line arguments.

MEMORY USAGE

osmium show does all its work on the fly and doesn't keep much data in main memory.

EXAMPLES

Show an OSM file using the default pager and default format:

osmium show norway.osm.pbf

    

Use more as a pager and only show relations:


OSMIUM_PAGER=more osmium show -t r norway.osm.pbf

    

Show using XML format:


osmium show -x norway.osm.pbf

    

SEE ALSO

osmium(1), osmium-cat(1), osmium-file-formats(5)
Osmium website (https://osmcode.org/osmium-tool/)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2013-2021 Jochen Topf <jochen@topf.org>.

License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

CONTACT

If you have any questions or want to report a bug, please go to https://osmcode.org/contact.html

AUTHORS

Jochen Topf <jochen@topf.org>.
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