---
name: "ogr_utilities"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gdal-bin"
version: "2.4.0+dfsg-1+b1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ogr_utilities"
---

# ogr\_utilities(1)

A collection of OGR related programs. The following utilities are distributed as part of the OGR Simple Features toolkit:

## NAME

ogr\_utilitiesOGR Utility Programs \
  \- A collection of OGR related programs.

The following utilities are distributed as part of the OGR Simple Features toolkit:

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  **ogrinfo** - Lists information about an OGR supported data source

- •

  **ogr2ogr** - Converts simple features data between file formats

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  **ogrtindex** - Creates a tileindex

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  **ogrlineref** - Create linear reference and provide some calculations using it

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  **ogrmerge** - Merge several vector datasets into a single one

## General Command Line Switches

All GDAL OGR command line utility programs support the following 'general' options.

- **--version**

  Report the version of GDAL and exit.

- **--formats**

  List all vector formats supported by this GDAL build (read-only and read-write) and exit. The format support is indicated as follows: 'ro' is read-only driver; 'rw' is read or write (i.e. supports CreateCopy); 'rw+' is read, write and update (i.e. supports Create). A 'v' is appended for formats supporting virtual IO (/vsimem, /vsigzip, /vsizip, etc). A 's' is appended for formats supporting subdatasets.

- **--format** *format*

  List detailed information about a single format driver. The *format* should be the short name reported in the **--formats** list, such as GML.

- **--optfile** *file*

  Read the named file and substitute the contents into the command line options list. Lines beginning with # will be ignored. Multi-word arguments may be kept together with double quotes.

- **--config** *key value*

  Sets the named `configuration keyword` to the given value, as opposed to setting them as environment variables. Some common configuration keywords are SHAPE\_ENCODING (force shapefile driver to read DBF files with the given character encoding) and CPL\_TEMPDIR (define the location of temporary files). Individual drivers may be influenced by other configuration options.

- **--debug** *value*

  Control what debugging messages are emitted. A value of *ON* will enable all debug messages. A value of *OFF* will disable all debug messages. Another value will select only debug messages containing that string in the debug prefix code.

- **--help-general**

  Gives a brief usage message for the generic GDAL OGR command line options and exit.