---
name: "shpcat"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "shapelib"
version: "1.6.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://carta.tech/man/shpcat"
---

# shpcat(1)

appends the records of a source shapefile ##SYNOPSIS shpcat \[-v\] \[-f\] from\_shpfile to\_shpfile ##DESCRIPTION Appends the content of a source shapefile into a destination shapefile. Both files must be the same shapefile type. ##OPTIONS ##EXAMPLE shpcat -v shapefile1 shapefile2 ##AUTHOR shpcat is part of shapelib, maintained by Frank Warmerdam. This guide was created by Eduardo Patoo Kanegae and converted to manpage by Johan Van de Wauw. ##SEE ALSO dbfadd(1), dbfcat(1), dbfcreate(1), dbfdump(1), dbfinfo(1), shpadd(1), shpcentrd(1), shpcreate(1), shpdump(1), shpdxf(1), shpfix(1), shpinfo(1), shpproj(1), shprewind(1), shptest(1)

## NAME

**shpcat** - appends the records of a source shapefile

\##SYNOPSIS **shpcat** \[**-v**\] \[**-f**\] *from\_shpfile* *to\_shpfile*

\##DESCRIPTION Appends the content of a source shapefile into a destination shapefile. Both files must be the same shapefile type.

\##OPTIONS

- **-v**

  verbose mode.

- **-f**

  forces data conversion if data field types is not the same at both files or if is there any null value into from\_DBFfile.

- *from\_shpfile*

  source shapefile.

- *to\_shpfile*

  destination shapefile.

\##EXAMPLE **shpcat** **-v** *shapefile1* *shapefile2*

\##AUTHOR **shpcat** is part of shapelib, maintained by Frank Warmerdam. This guide was created by Eduardo Patoo Kanegae and converted to manpage by Johan Van de Wauw.

\##SEE ALSO [**dbfadd**(1)](/man/dbfadd/1.md), [**dbfcat**(1)](/man/dbfcat/1.md), [**dbfcreate**(1)](/man/dbfcreate/1.md), [**dbfdump**(1)](/man/dbfdump/1.md), [**dbfinfo**(1)](/man/dbfinfo/1.md), [**shpadd**(1)](/man/shpadd/1.md), [**shpcentrd**(1)](/man/shpcentrd/1.md), [**shpcreate**(1)](/man/shpcreate/1.md), [**shpdump**(1)](/man/shpdump/1.md), [**shpdxf**(1)](/man/shpdxf/1.md), [**shpfix**(1)](/man/shpfix/1.md), [**shpinfo**(1)](/man/shpinfo/1.md), [**shpproj**(1)](/man/shpproj/1.md), [**shprewind**(1)](/man/shprewind/1.md), [**shptest**(1)](/man/shptest/1.md)