q dbf shapefile
Lists the contents of a shapefile attribute database.
This command is available with GrADS version 2.0.a8 or later. If you put the three shapefile components (*.shp, *.shx, and *.dbf) in the GrADS data directory (pointed to by the GADDIR environment variable), then it is not necessary to include the full path in The first line of output contains a comma-delimited list of the names of all the attributes for each record in the database. Subsequent lines contain the comma-delimited list of all the attribute values for each record. A companion command, Please see the documentation page on shapefiles for more details. shapefile is the name of the shapefile. It is not necessary to include the file extension (.dbf) on the end of shapefile, just the filename root is adequate.
Usage Notes
shapefile. q shp, lists the contents of the shapefile. There is a 1:1 correspondence between elements in the shapefile and records in the database. Examples
ga-> q dbf /home/GIS/climatedivs/divisions
RECORD#,AREA,PERIMETER,CLIMDIVS_,ST,DIV,NAME,DIVISION_I
0,4.463,11.489,2,MN,2,NORTH CENTRAL,2102
1,0.988,9.344,3,WA,3,PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS,4503
2,3.066,16.450,4,WA,4,E OLYMPIC CASCADE FOOTHILLS,4504
3,3.099,12.733,5,WA,6,EAST SLOPE CASCADES,4506
4,2.030,8.359,6,WA,7,OKANOGAN BIG BEND,4507
5,1.347,5.964,7,ID,1,PANHANDLE,1001
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385,0.958,5.437,59,OR,4,NORTHERN CASCADES,3504
386,2.712,9.973,49,OR,6,NORTH CENTRAL,3506