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SHPSORT(1) |
shplib |
SHPSORT(1) |
NAME¶
shpsort - rewrite a shapefile sorted by a field or by the geometry
SYNOPSIS¶
shpsort infile outfile field[;...]
[<(ASCENDING|DESCENDING)[;...]>]
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.
OPTIONS¶
- infile
- input shapefile
- outfile
- output shapefile
- field[;...]
- one or more fields to use for ordering
- [<(ASCENDING|DESCENDING)[;...]>]
- sort order
AUTHOR¶
shpsort is part of shapelib, maintained by Frank Warmerdam.
SEE ALSO¶
dbfadd(1), dbfcat(1), dbfcreate(1), dbfdump(1),
dbfinfo(1), shpcat(1), shpcentrd(1), shpcreate(1),
shpdump(1), shpdxf(1), shpfix(1), shpinfo(1),
shpproj(1), shprewind(1), shptest(1)