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

# shpinfo(1)

Displays basic information for a given shapefile ##SYNOPSIS shpinfo shapefile ##DESCRIPTION Displays basic information for a given shapefile, like shapefile type, number of objects and its extents. ##OPTIONS ##EXAMPLE shpinfo testpolygon ##AUTHOR shpinfo 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), shpcat(1), shpcentrd(1), shpcreate(1), shpdump(1), shpdxf(1), shpfix(1), shpproj(1), shprewind(1), shptest(1)

## NAME

**shpinfo** - Displays basic information for a given shapefile

\##SYNOPSIS **shpinfo** *shapefile*

\##DESCRIPTION Displays basic information for a given shapefile, like shapefile type, number of objects and its extents.

\##OPTIONS

- *shapefile*

  The name of an existing shapefile.

\##EXAMPLE **shpinfo** *testpolygon*

-

  ```
  Info for testpolygon
  Polygon(5), 1 Records in file
  File Bounds: (         100000,        6000000)
          (         250000,        7000000)
  ```

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  \##AUTHOR **shpinfo** 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), [**shpcat**(1)](/man/shpcat/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), [**shpproj**(1)](/man/shpproj/1.md), [**shprewind**(1)](/man/shprewind/1.md), [**shptest**(1)](/man/shptest/1.md)