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

# shptreedump(1)

dump an ASCII representation of a quadtree ##SYNOPSIS shptreedump \[-maxdepth n\] \[-search xmin ymin xmax ymax\] \[-v\] \[-o indexfilename\] \[-i indexfilename\] shp\_file ##DESCRIPTION Utility for creating and dumping an ASCII representation of a quadtree. ##OPTIONS ##AUTHOR shptreedump 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)

## NAME

**shptreedump** - dump an ASCII representation of a quadtree

\##SYNOPSIS **shptreedump** \[-maxdepth *n*\] \[-search *xmin* *ymin* *xmax* *ymax*\] \[-v\] \[-o *indexfilename*\] \[-i *indexfilename*\] *shp\_file*

\##DESCRIPTION Utility for creating and dumping an ASCII representation of a quadtree.

\##OPTIONS

- \-maxdepth *n*

  max tree depth

- \-search *xmin* *ymin* *xmax* *ymax*

  limit search to box

- \-v

  verbose output

- \-o *indexfilename*

  output index filename

- \-i *indexfilename*

  input index filename

- *shp\_file*

  the name of an existing shapefile.

\##AUTHOR **shptreedump** is part of shapelib, maintained by Frank Warmerdam.

\##SEE ALSO [**dbfadd**(1)](/dbfadd/1.md), [**dbfcat**(1)](/dbfcat/1.md), [**dbfcreate**(1)](/dbfcreate/1.md), [**dbfdump**(1)](/dbfdump/1.md), [**dbfinfo**(1)](/dbfinfo/1.md), [**shpcat**(1)](/shpcat/1.md), [**shpcentrd**(1)](/shpcentrd/1.md), [**shpcreate**(1)](/shpcreate/1.md), [**shpdump**(1)](/shpdump/1.md), [**shpdxf**(1)](/shpdxf/1.md), [**shpfix**(1)](/shpfix/1.md), [**shpinfo**(1)](/shpinfo/1.md), [**shpproj**(1)](/shpproj/1.md), [**shprewind**(1)](/shprewind/1.md), [**shptest**(1)](/shptest/1.md)