mapnik-index(1)

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💖 mapnik-index — like, the whole vibe 💖

okay bestie, so this is the tea on mapnik-index, straight from the mapnik-index(1) manual page. it's a lil command-line cutie and it's genuinely so useful, i promise. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

mapnik-index — the Mapnik CSV/GeoJSON index utility. that's it, that's the name, she's iconic and she knows it 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mapnik-index [options]

no positional args, no drama, just vibes and options. periodt.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so mapnik-index is a utility that makes index files for your CSV and GeoJSON data files. that's literally her whole job and she does it beautifully.

the index files get .index appended to the input filenames — like, that's the naming scheme, that's the rule, no cap. so if your file is called something, its index bestie is called something .index. slay ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -h, --help — she produces the usage message. your little "wait what do i type" safety net, we love her for it 💖
  • -V, --version — prints the version string. always good to know which era of the software you're living in 🕰️
  • -v, --verbose — verbose output. she will simply tell you everything that's happening, main character energy, no secrets kept 🙈
  • -d, --depth number — the max tree depth. default is 8. how deep does the tree go?? eight levels deep, that's how deep 🌳
  • -r, --ratio number — the split ratio. default is 0.55. yes, fifty-five hundredths, she's precise like that 💅
  • -s, --separator character — the CSV columns separator. tell her what character is doing the separating in your CSV, because she's not gonna guess 🍓
  • -q, --quote character — the CSV columns quote. the character that's doing the quoting, same deal, you gotta tell her 🌸
  • --files path... — the files to index: file1 file2 ...fileN. so like, list them all out, one after another, as many as you want, go absolutely feral 🔥
quick reminder bestie: that .index suffix thing from the DESCRIPTION is still in effect here — the index files are named after the inputs with .index tacked on the end. don't @ me, that's just how she rolls 💜

🌈 and that's the whole page 🌈

this was the mapnik-index(1) manual, dated 10 July 2015 — yeah she's been serving since 2015 and she's still eating 🍽️✨. go forth, index your files, be the main character of your own geodata pipeline. mwah 💋🎀💖

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