ogrinfo Command Examples

List information about an OGR-supported data source. More information: https://gdal.org/programs/ogrinfo.html.

• List supported formats:

ogrinfo --formats

• List layers of a data source:

ogrinfo {{path/to/input.gpkg}}

• Get detailed information about a specific layer of a data source:

ogrinfo {{path/to/input.gpkg}} {{layer_name}}

• Show summary information about a specific layer of a data source:

ogrinfo -so {{path/to/input.gpkg}} {{layer_name}}

• Show summary of all layers of the data source:

ogrinfo -so -al {{path/to/input.gpkg}}

• Show detailed information of features matching a condition:

ogrinfo -where '{{attribute_name > 42}}' {{path/to/input.gpkg}} {{layer_name}}

• Update a layer in the data source with SQL:

ogrinfo {{path/to/input.geojson}} -dialect SQLite -sql "{{UPDATE input SET attribute_name = 'foo'}}"