---
name: "ged2gwb"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "geneweb"
version: "6.08+git20181019+dfsg-3"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ged2gwb"
---

# ged2gwb(1)

Create a GeneWeb database from a GEDCOM file

## NAME

ged2gwb - Create a GeneWeb database from a GEDCOM file

## SYNOPSIS

**ged2gwb** \[ *\<ged\>* \] \[ *options* \]\

## DESCRIPTION

*ged2gwb* creates a starter database for use by  *GeneWeb* , from a GEDCOM file.

The primary documentation of *ged2gwb* is in the HTML documentation, which you can find in the documentation directory (/usr/share/doc/geneweb on Debian systems).\
 Please look there for complete and up-to-date documentation.

## OPTIONS

- **-help**

  command-line help

- **-o \<file\>**

  output database (default: a.gwb)

- **-f**

  Remove database if already existing

- **-log \<file\>**

  Redirect log trace to this file.

- **-lf**

  \- Lowercase first names -\
   Convert first names to lowercase letters, with initials in uppercase.

- **-ls**

  \- Lowercase surnames -\
   Convert surnames to lowercase letters, with initials in uppercase. Try to keep lowercase particles.

- **-us**

  \- Uppercase surnames -\
   Convert surnames to uppercase letters.

- **-fne be**

  \- First names enclosed -\
   When creating a person, if the GEDCOM first name part holds a part between 'b' (any character) and 'e' (any character), it is considered to be the usual first name: e.g. -fne '""' or -fne "()".

- **-efn**

  \- Extract first names -\
   When creating a person, if the GEDCOM first name part holds several names, the first of this names becomes the person "first name" and the complete GEDCOM first name part a "first name alias".

- **-no\_efn**

  \- Don't extract first names - \[default\]\
   Cancels the previous option.

- **-epn**

  \- Extract public names - \[default\] When creating a person, if the GEDCOM first name part looks like a public name, i.e. holds:\
  \
   	\* a number or a roman number, supposed to be a number of a nobility title,\
  \
   	\* one of the words: "der", "den", "die", "el", "le", "la", "the", supposed to be the beginning of a qualifier, then the GEDCOM first name part becomes the person "public name" and its first word his "first name".

- **-no\_epn**

  Cancels the previous option.

- **-no\_pit**

  \- No public if titles -\
   Do not consider persons having titles as public

- **-tnd**

  \- Try negative dates -\
   Set negative dates when inconsistency (e.g. birth after death)

- **-no\_nd**

  \- No negative dates -\
   Don't interpret a year preceded by a minus sign as a negative year

- **-udi x-y**

  \- Undefined death interval -\
   Set the interval for persons whose death part is undefined:\
  \
          \- if before x years, they are considered as alive\
  \
          \- if after y year, they are considered as death\
  \
          \- between x and y year, they are considered as "don't know"\
  \
          Default x is 80 and y is 120

- **-uin**

  \- Untreated in notes -\
   Put untreated GEDCOM tags in notes

- **-ds**

  \- Default source -\
   Set the source field for persons and families without source data

- **-dates\_dm**

  Interpret months-numbered dates as day/month/year

- **-dates\_md**

  Interpret months-numbered dates as month/day/year

- **-charset \[ANSEL\|ASCII\|MSDOS\]**

  \- charset decoding -\
   Force given charset decoding, overriding the possible setting in GEDCOM