= The `ogrinfo` utility =
  ''The official documentation for the `ogrinfo` utility is http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogrinfo.html''

== -so Summary Only ==
  ''supress listing of features, show only the summary information like projection, schema, feature count and extents.''

To get this info with shapefiles you must also provide the ``layer`` name, else not much useful is returned, `ogrinfo -so contours.shp`:
{{{
INFO: Open of `contours.shp'
  using driver `ESRI Shapefile' successful.
1: contours (Line String)
}}}

Likely what is really wanted is `ogrinfo -so contours.shp` '''`contours`'''

{{{
INFO: Open of `contours.shp'
      using driver `ESRI Shapefile' successful.

Layer name: contours
Geometry: Line String
Feature Count: 3393
Extent: (57537.995662, 663561.802226) - (88297.082026, 694443.881449)
Layer SRS WKT:
PROJCS["Albers",
...etc.
}}}