SHPWKB(1)

✨ SHPWKB ✨ (section 1 of the manual, bestie 💖)

okay so picture this: it's shpwkb, it lives in section 1, and it's your little group-chat plug for testing WKB binary input/output. that's the whole vibe. it's giving "glorified test harness but make it iconic". 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

shpwkb shp_file wkb_file

two arguments. that's it. no flags, no hidden lore, no secret menu. slay. 💅

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

bestie, it's literally a utility to test WKB binary Input / Output. that's the mission statement. that's the whole personality. it takes a shapefile, it does its WKB binary thing, and it puts the result in a file. no cap. ✨

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• shp_file — the name of an existing shapefile. note the word existing, queen, it has to already be there, we are not manifesting it into being. 🫶
• wkb_file — the WKB output file. this is where the WKB binary goodness goes. 💖

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

shpwkb is part of shapelib, and shapelib is maintained by Frank Warmerdam. we love a maintainer. respect the maintainer. 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, all in section 1, all matching:

• dbfadd(1)
• dbfcat(1)
• dbfcreate(1)
• dbfdump(1)
• dbfinfo(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: this page has no exit-status tea, no environment variable lore, no signal drama and no bug notes. what you see up there is the whole menu. i'm not inventing extra facts, that would be so embarrassing for me. 💀

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aaaand that's the page!! 🎀 this lil entry came out of shplib and it's dated March 2026, so jot that down for your notes app. kthanksbyeeeee 💅✨🍓