SHAPEINDEX(1)

📦 version 4.3.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 SHAPEINDEX 💖

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for shapeindex, living in the General Commands Manual section of your friendly neighbourhood Unix docs. it's giving "small tool, big energy" and honestly? we're obsessed. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

shapeindex — the program that creates a file system based index for ESRI shapefiles 🗂️✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

shapeindex [options]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. options only, no positional drama. 💅

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so like, this manual page documents the shapeindex command, briefly, because we respect your time. 🫶

shapeindex is a program that creates a file system based index (*.index) for ESRI shapefiles. and why do we care, you ask? because those files get used for fast 'in box' queries on large shapefiles. speed. speed. speed. no cap. 🔥

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

this program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-`). a summary of options is included below, and yes we're listing every single one because that's the whole point bestie. 💜

  • -h, --help — show summary of options. it's literally this but shorter. 🙈
  • -V, --version — show version of program. know ur build, queen. 👑
  • --shape-index — index individual shape parts (default: no). note: no short option here, she's long-form only. ✨
  • -v, --verbose — show verbose output. give me all the lore. 🍓
  • -d, --depth [arg] — specify maximum tree depth (default 8). don't go too deep ok?? 🌈
  • -r, --ratio [arg] — specify split ratio (default 0.55). the math is mathing. 💅
  • --shape_files [file1 file2..fileN] — specify shape files to index. feed her the files, she'll handle it. 🧚

💜 AUTHOR 💜

shapeindex was written by Artem Pavlenko. iconic behaviour honestly. 🎀

this manual page was written by Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). sharing is caring, bestie. 🫶

and that's a wrap!! this page is from the General Commands Manual, dated January 11, 2007 — so yeah, it's been serving looks since 2007 and it still eats. 💅✨ go index something, you've got this. 💖🦋🌸

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