DBFINFO(1)

💖 DBFINFO(1) — or as I call it, the xBase vibe check 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from shplib, and it's all about dbfinfo — literally the most low-key iconic little tool for peeking at your xBase files. no cap. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

dbfinfo — Displays basic information for a given xBase file 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

dbfinfo xbase_file

like. that's it. one argument. main character energy fr fr. 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So what does it actually do? dbfinfo Displays basic information for a given xBase file, like number of columns, number of records and type of each column. 👑

That's the whole thing. It's giving "just the facts, bestie." No drama, no extra features, no side quests — just the numbers and the column types, served fresh. 🌸

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• xbase_file — The name of an existing xBase file. 🫶 Like, it has to actually exist, bestie. This is not a create-a-file situation. That's a whole other tool's job (iykyk).

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✨ EXAMPLE ✨

watch this, it's so satisfying:

dbfinfo testbase

and the output? iconic:

Info for testbase.dbf
3 Columns,  1 Records in file
           NAME          string  (20,0)
           AREA           float  (9,3)
          VALUE           float  (9,2)

see that? three columns, one record, and each column is out here living its truth with its own type and its own (width,decimals) situation. NAME is a string (20,0), AREA is a float (9,3), VALUE is a float (9,2). slay. 🔥

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✨ AUTHOR ✨

dbfinfo 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 origin story, we love a collab. 🫶✨

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the whole friend group, no one left out:

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

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heads up bestie: this one's read-only energy — it just tells you about the file, it doesn't change it. keep it safe, okay? 🙈

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and that's the whole page!! 💖 this one came from shplib, March 2026 — yes, we're being fancy and date-stamping it, periodt. 🎀💅✨