SYNOPSIS

shpsort infile outfile field[;...] [<(ASCENDING|DESCENDING)[;...]>]

DESCRIPTION

Rewrite a shapefile sorted by a field or by the geometry. For polygons, sort by area, for lines sort by length and do nothing for all others.

OPTIONS

infile

input shapefile

outfile

output shapefile

field[;...]

one or more fields to use for ordering

[<(ASCENDING|DESCENDING)[;...]>]

sort order

AUTHOR

shpsort is part of shapelib, maintained by Frank Warmerdam.