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.TH "SHPSORT" "1" "August 2018" "" "shplib"
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.SH "NAME"
\fBshpsort\fR \- rewrite a shapefile sorted by a field or by the geometry
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBshpsort\fR \fIinfile\fR \fIoutfile\fR \fIfield[;\.\.\.]\fR [<(ASCENDING|DESCENDING)[;\.\.\.]>]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Rewrite a shapefile sorted by a field or by the geometry\. For polygons, sort by area, for lines sort by length and do nothing for all others\.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.TP
\fIinfile\fR
input shapefile
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.TP
\fIoutfile\fR
output shapefile
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.TP
\fIfield[;\.\.\.]\fR
one or more fields to use for ordering
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.TP
[<(ASCENDING|DESCENDING)[;\.\.\.]>]
sort order
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.SH "AUTHOR"
\fBshpsort\fR is part of shapelib, maintained by Frank Warmerdam\.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBdbfadd\fR(1), \fBdbfcat\fR(1), \fBdbfcreate\fR(1), \fBdbfdump\fR(1), \fBdbfinfo\fR(1), \fBshpcat\fR(1), \fBshpcentrd\fR(1), \fBshpcreate\fR(1), \fBshpdump\fR(1), \fBshpdxf\fR(1), \fBshpfix\fR(1), \fBshpinfo\fR(1), \fBshpproj\fR(1), \fBshprewind\fR(1), \fBshptest\fR(1)