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• csv2shp(1)
• shpinfo(1)
• shprewind(1)
• shpdata(1)
• dbfcat(1)
• dbfinfo(1)
• shptreedump(1)
• shpcentrd(1)
• dbfdump(1)
• shpfix(1)
• shpdump(1)
• shpwkb(1)
• shpcreate(1)
• shpadd(1)
• dbfadd(1)
• shpdxf(1)
• shpsort(1)
• shputils(1)
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Manual

SHPSORT

NAME

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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)

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