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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)
Info
July 2023 shapelib