DBFCAT(1)

✨ DBFCAT ✨

okay so bestie, this is dbfcat from the shplib girlies (that's man page section 1, iykyk 💅). it copies records from one xBase file into another. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dbfcat [-v] [-f] from_DBFfile to_DBFfile

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So basically: dbfcat appends the records of a source xBase file into a destiny xBase file. that's it. that's the job. lowkey iconic 🌈

The one thing you absolutely cannot finesse: both files must have the same number of fields. like, that's non-negotiable, fr fr. no cap. if they don't match, this is not your moment 😭

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -v — verbose mode. she's chatty, she's telling you everything that's happening 💬✨
• -f — forces data conversion if the data field types are not the same in both files, or if there's any null value in from_DBFfile. it's giving "I said what I said" energy 💅
• from_DBFfile — the source xBase file. the origin story. 💫
• to_DBFfile — the destiny xBase file. where the records are going. main character destination 👑

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🎀 EXAMPLE 🎀

dbfcat -v testbase1 testbase2

look at her go, verbose and everything, moving records from testbase1 into testbase2. slay 🦋

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

dbfcat is part of shapelib, maintained by Frank Warmerdam. This guide was created by Eduardo Patoo Kanegae and converted to manpage by Johan Van de Wauw. shoutout to the whole dev team, we are obsessed 🫶✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• dbfadd(1)
• dbfcreate(1)
• dbfdump(1)
• dbfinfo(1)
• shpadd(1)
• shpcat(1)
• shpcentrd(1)
• shpcreate(1)
• shpdump(1)
• shpdxf(1)
• shpfix(1)
• shpinfo(1)
• shpproj(1)
• shprewind(1)
• shptest(1)

go read them too, bestie, the whole family is iconic 💀💖

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that's the whole page bb 🎀 this one's from the shplib era, dated March 2026 — so fresh, so clean, so DBFCAT(1) 🌟 periodt.