SHPFIX(1)

💅 SHPFIX(1) — shplib girlie edition 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to shpfix, the little utility from the shplib crew (yes, manual name shplib, that's the whole vibe) whose entire job is fixing nulls and inconsistencies in shapefiles. she's not flashy, she's not complicated, she just goes in there and cleans up the mess. lowkey iconic. ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

shpfix — fix nulls and inconsistencies in shapefiles 💖

fr fr that's it. that's the mission statement.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

shpfix in_shp_file out_shp_file [record# to blank]

three things go in: a shapefile you have, a shapefile you want, and optionally a record number to blank out. slay. 🫶

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🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

• in_shp_file — the name of an existing shapefile. like, the one you already have, the broken one, the one that's giving chaos. she reads this. 📂
• out_shp_file — the name of the new fixed shapefile that will be created. this is the glow-up version that gets written out fresh. 💖 note: it's a new file, she does not edit in place, bestie.

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🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

shpfix broken fixed

not me using "broken" and "fixed" as filenames 💀 honestly? perfect demonstration. broken goes in, fixed comes out, and the shapefile is healed. periodt. 👑

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

shpfix 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. genuine thank-you to all three of them for the lore drop, no cap. 🫶

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole fam is here, go say hi:

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

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okay that's the whole page, bestie! this one came from shplib and the version/date stamp on it is March 2026. go fix those nulls, you absolute main character. 💅✨🌈

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