ogrinfo

displays vector data information

TLDR

List layers and summary of a data source

$ ogrinfo [file.shp]

Summary of a specific layer only (no features)

$ ogrinfo -so [file.shp] [layer_name]

Dump all layers and all features

$ ogrinfo -al [file.shp]

Show a single feature by FID

$ ogrinfo [file.shp] [layer_name] -fid [feature_id]

Filter features with a WHERE clause

$ ogrinfo -al -where "[field = 'value']" [file.shp]

Run an SQL query

$ ogrinfo [file.shp] -sql "[SELECT * FROM layer]"

Output as JSON

$ ogrinfo -json [file.shp]

SYNOPSIS

ogrinfo [options] datasource [layer ...]

ogrinfo lists information about an OGR-supported vector data source to stdout. It reports layers, schema, coordinate reference system, extents, feature counts, and optionally the features themselves. By executing SQL statements via -sql it can also edit data in supported drivers.

PARAMETERS

DATASOURCE

OGR-supported vector data source (file, directory, connection string, URL).

LAYER

One or more layer names to report on. If omitted with -al, all layers are reported.

-al

List all features of all layers (opposite of -so).

-so

Summary only: omit feature-by-feature reporting.

-fl

Enable listing of features (opposite of -so).

-json

Output the report in JSON format.

-fid ID

Only report the feature with the given FID.

-sql STATEMENT

Execute an SQL statement and return the result. Can also be a @filename reference.

-dialect DIALECT

SQL dialect to use (e.g., OGRSQL, SQLITE).

-where QUERY

Attribute filter applied to each layer.

-spat xmin ymin xmax ymax

Spatial filter: only features intersecting this bounding box are reported.

-geom {YES|NO|SUMMARY|WKT|ISOWKT}_

How geometry is reported (default: YES).

-limit N

Limit the number of features per layer.

-if FORMAT

Force a specific driver when opening the input.

-oo NAME=VALUE

Pass a dataset open option to the driver.

-ro

Open the data source in read-only mode.

-nomd

Suppress metadata printing.

-listmdd

List all metadata domains available for the dataset.

-mdd domain

Report metadata for the specified domain.

--help

Display help information.

CAVEATS

Part of the GDAL suite. Format support depends on which OGR drivers were compiled into your GDAL build; check with `ogrinfo --formats`. Using -al on very large datasets can produce huge output.

HISTORY

ogrinfo is distributed with GDAL/OGR, the open-source geospatial data library maintained by the OSGeo foundation. OGR originated as a separate library for vector data and was unified into GDAL in version 2.0.