shpsort(1) on Linux
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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 ##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)