---
name: "display_graphical"
section: "1grass"
platform: "linux"
package: "grass-doc"
version: "8.4.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/display_graphical"
---

# display\_graphical(1grass)

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## Graphical index of GRASS GIS modules

Go to display introduction \| topics

### Display modules:

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  `d.background` `Fills the graphics display frame with user defined color.`

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  `d.barscale` `Displays a barscale on the graphics monitor.`

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  `d.colorlist` `Outputs a list of all available display colors.`

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  `d.colortable` `Displays the color table associated with a raster map layer.`

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  `d.correlate` `Prints a graph of the correlation between raster maps (in pairs).`

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  `d.erase` `Erases the contents of the active graphics display frame with user defined color.`

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  `d.font` `Selects the font in which text will be displayed on the user’s graphics monitor.`

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  `d.fontlist` `Lists the available fonts.`

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  `d.frame` `Manages display frames on the user’s graphics monitor.`

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  `d.geodesic` `Displays a geodesic line, tracing the shortest distance between two geographic points along a great circle, in a longitude/latitude data set.`

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  `d.graph` `Program for generating and displaying simple graphics on the display monitor.`

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  `d.grid` `Overlays a user-specified grid in the active display frame on the graphics monitor.`

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  `d.his` `Displays the result obtained by combining hue, intensity, and saturation (HIS) values from user-specified input raster map layers.`

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  `d.histogram` `Displays a histogram in the form of a pie or bar chart for a user-specified raster map.`

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  `d.info` `Displays information about the active display monitor.`\

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  `d.labels` `Displays text labels (created with v.label) to the active frame on the graphics monitor.`

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  `d.legend` `Displays a legend for a 2D or 3D raster map in the active frame of the graphics monitor.`

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  `d.legend.vect` `Displays a vector legend in the active graphics frame.`

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  `d.linegraph` `Generates and displays simple line graphs in the active graphics monitor display frame.`

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  `d.mon` `Controls graphics display monitors from the command line.`

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  `d.northarrow` `Displays a north arrow on the graphics monitor.`

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  `d.out.file` `Saves the contents of the active display monitor to a graphics file.`

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  `d.path` `Finds shortest path for selected starting and ending node.`

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  `d.polar` `Draws polar diagram of angle map such as aspect or flow directions`

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  `d.profile` `Plots profile of a transect.`

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  `d.rast.arrow` `Draws arrows representing cell aspect direction for a raster map containing aspect data.`

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  `d.rast.edit` `Edits cell values in a raster map.`

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  `d.rast` `Displays user-specified raster map in the active graphics frame.`

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  `d.rast.leg` `Displays a raster map and its legend on a graphics window`

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  `d.rast.num` `Overlays cell category values on a raster map displayed in the active graphics frame.`

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  `d.redraw` `Redraws the content of currently selected monitor.`

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  `d.rgb` `Displays three user-specified raster maps as red, green, and blue overlays in the active graphics frame.`

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  `d.rhumbline` `Displays the rhumbline joining two longitude/latitude coordinates.`

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  `d.shade` `Drapes a color raster over an shaded relief or aspect map.`

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  `d.text` `Draws text in the active display frame on the graphics monitor using the current font.`

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  `d.title` `Create a TITLE for a raster map in a form suitable for display with d.text.`

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  `d.to.rast` `Saves the contents of the active display monitor to a raster map.`

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  `d.vect.chart` `Displays charts of vector data in the active frame on the graphics monitor.`

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  `d.vect` `Displays user-specified vector map in the active graphics frame.`

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  `d.vect.thematic` `Displays a thematic vector map in the active graphics frame.`

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  `d.what.rast` `Allows the user to interactively query raster map layers at user-selected locations.`

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  `d.what.vect` `Allows the user to interactively query vector map layers at user-selected locations.`

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  `d.where` `Identifies the geographic coordinates associated with point locations given in display coordinates.`

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