.TH "OSMIUM-SHOW" "1" "1.10.0" "" ""
.SH NAME
.PP
osmium\-show \- show OSM file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\f[B]osmium show\f[] [\f[I]OPTIONS\f[]] \f[I]OSM\-FILE\f[]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Show the contents of the \f[I]OSM\-FILE\f[] on STDOUT, usually in a
pager.
The output format can be set using the \f[B]\-f\f[],
\f[B]output\-format\f[] option, its shortcuts \f[B]\-d\f[] (debug format
with colors), \f[B]\-o\f[] (OPL), or \f[B]\-x\f[] (XML), or the
\f[C]OSMIUM_SHOW_FORMAT\f[] environment variable.
.PP
The pager can be set with the \f[C]OSMIUM_PAGER\f[] or the
\f[C]PAGER\f[] environment variable.
If neither is set, the default \f[C]less\f[] is used unless the option
\f[C]\-\-no\-pager\f[] is used.
If the pager variables are set to an empty value or to \f[C]cat\f[], no
pager is used.
On Windows there is no pager support at all.
.PP
This commands reads its input file only once, ie.
it can read from STDIN.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-f, \-\-output\-format=FORMAT
The format of the output file.
Can be used to set the output file format if it can\[aq]t be
autodetected from the output file name.
\f[B]See osmium\-file\-formats\f[](5) or the libosmium manual for
details.
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \-\-no\-pager
Disable pager.
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \-d, \-\-format\-debug
Same as \f[C]\-f\ debug,color=true\f[].
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \-o, \-\-format\-opl
Same as \f[C]\-f\ opl\f[].
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \-x, \-\-format\-xml
Same as \f[C]\-f\ xml\f[].
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \-t, \-\-object\-type=TYPE
Read only objects of given type (\f[I]node\f[], \f[I]way\f[],
\f[I]relation\f[], \f[I]changeset\f[]).
By default all types are read.
This option can be given multiple times.
.RS
.RE
.SH COMMON OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Show usage help.
.RS
.RE
.SH INPUT OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-F, \-\-input\-format=FORMAT
The format of the input file(s).
Can be used to set the input format if it can\[aq]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 \f[B]osmium\-file\-formats\f[](5) or the libosmium manual for
details.
.RS
.RE
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.PP
\f[B]osmium show\f[] exits with exit code
.TP
.B 0
if everything went alright,
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B 1
if there was an error processing the data, or
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B 2
if there was a problem with the command line arguments.
.RS
.RE
.SH MEMORY USAGE
.PP
\f[B]osmium show\f[] does all its work on the fly and doesn\[aq]t keep
much data in main memory.
.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
Show an OSM file using the default pager and default format:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
osmium\ show\ norway.osm.pbf
\f[]
.fi
.PP
Use \f[C]more\f[] as a pager and only show relations:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
OSMIUM_PAGER=more\ osmium\ show\ \-t\ r\ norway.osm.pbf
\f[]
.fi
.PP
Show using XML format:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
osmium\ show\ \-x\ norway.osm.pbf
\f[]
.fi
.SH SEE ALSO
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[B]osmium\f[](1), \f[B]osmium\-cat\f[](1),
\f[B]osmium\-file\-formats\f[](5)
.IP \[bu] 2
Osmium website (https://osmcode.org/osmium-tool/)
.SH COPYRIGHT
.PP
Copyright (C) 2013\-2018 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.
.SH CONTACT
.PP
If you have any questions or want to report a bug, please go to
https://osmcode.org/contact.html
.SH AUTHORS
Jochen Topf <jochen@topf.org>.