db.tables(1)

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version 8.4.2 · 9 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ db.tables — the GRASS GIS User's Manual glow-up ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the GRASS GIS User's Manual entry for db.tables(1) 💖 she's a little icon, a tiny legend, and honestly? she does one thing and she does it well.

🌸 NAME 🌸

db.tables — lists all tables for a given database. that's it. that's the whole gig. no cap. 💅

🎀 KEYWORDS 🎀

database, attribute table 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

db.tables
db.tables --help
db.tables [-ps]  [driver=name]   [database=name]   [--help]  [--verbose]
[--quiet]  [--ui]

🫶 Flags 🫶

  • -p — print tables and exit. she prints, she dips. main character exit. 🚪✨
  • -s — system tables instead of user tables. yes queen, look at the system ones. 👑
  • --help — print usage summary. whenever u forget what's going on, she's got u. 🥺
  • --verbose — verbose module output. she talks more. we love that for her. 💬
  • --quiet — quiet module output. she says nothing. mysterious. elusive. 🫥
  • --ui — force launching GUI dialog. for when clicking > typing, no judgement. 🖱️🌈

🌼 Parameters 🌼

  • driver=name — name of database driver. Options: dbf, mesql, mysql, odbc, ogr, pg, sqlite Default: sqlite
  • database=name — name of database. Default: $GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/sqlite/sqlite.db

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

db.tables lists all tables for a given database. literally that. she's the girl in the group chat who just tells u the tea and leaves. 🍓

🦋 NOTE 🦋

If parameters for database connection are already set with db.connect, they are taken as default values and do not need to be spcified each time. (yes bestie, that spelling is verbatim — i do not edit the ancestors' words, i just ✨decorate✨ them.)

translation: if u already told db.connect ur whole situation, db.tables just picks it up like it's gossip she already heard. no need to re-explain. iykyk. 💜

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

🎀 List all tables if database connection is already set 🎀

db.tables -p

🎀 List all DBF tables 🎀

db.tables driver=dbf database=/grassdata/nc_spm_08/user1/PERMANENT/dbf

🎀 List all tables in SQLite database (note that this is the default setting) 🎀

db.tables -p driver=sqlite database=’$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/sqlite/sqlite.db’
lowkey obsessed with that third one. it's giving the default, it's giving no thoughts head empty just vibes, and it still ate. 🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

  • db.columns, db.droptable, db.login, db.execute, GRASS SQL interface 🌟

💅 AUTHOR 💅

Unknown

not me romanticising the anonymous coder. u dropped this 👑, whoever u are. 🫶

⭐ SOURCE CODE ⭐

Available at: db.tables source code (history)

Accessed: Saturday Jan 17 05:40:33 2026

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© 2003-2025 GRASS Development Team, GRASS GIS 8.4.2 Reference Manual

and that's the whole page bestie 💖 shoutout to the GRASS Development Team, © 2003-2025, and to the GRASS GIS 8.4.2 Reference Manual — accessed Saturday Jan 17 05:40:33 2026, which is so specific and honestly iconic of her. db.tables(1), GRASS 8.4.2, periodt. 💅✨🌸

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