= shpinfo.pl =
The boundary.tar.gz is not available because I can't upload it. It is not required for the script to work, only to run the example. -sw http://www.highwayengineer.co.medina.oh.us/boundary.tar.gz
{{{
#!perl
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
# Given a shapefile name this routine will dump out the attribute information.
# 
# Required modules are mapscript (installed as part of make install) 
#    & Getopt (normally included with Perl).
#   Note: It does not require XBase. In 3.5 there is a DBFInfo object
#         available which makes READING basic dbf information much easier IMHO.
#   Please download boundary.tar.gz also, and:
#     tar -xf boundary.tar.gz --ungzip
#
# Suggested run line = ./shpinfo.pl -file=boundary
use XBase;
use mapscript;
use Getopt::Long;
#
# Declare a hash for easy access to shape types & file types.
%shptypes = ( '1' => 'point',
           '3' => 'arc',
           '5' => 'polygon',
           '8' => 'multipoint'
         );
%typetypes = ( '0' => 'String',
            '1' => 'Integer',
            '2' => 'Double',
            '3' => 'Invalid'
          );
#
# Grab the filename from the input.
&GetOptions("file=s", \$file);
#
# Check the input filename.
if(!$file) {
  print "Syntax: shpinfo.pl -file=[filename]\n";
  exit 0;
}
#
# Open the shapefile.
$shapefile = new mapscript::shapefileObj($file, -1) or die "Unable to open shapefile $file.";
#
# Print the shapefile name, type, number of features, & bounds.
print "Shapefile $file:\n\n";
print "\ttype: ". $shptypes{$shapefile->{type}} ."\n";
print "\tnumber of features: ". $shapefile->{numshapes} ."\n";
printf "\tbounds: (%f,%f) (%f,%f)\n", $shapefile->{bounds}->{minx}, $shapefile->{bounds}->{miny}, $shapefile->{bounds}->{maxx}, $shapefile->{bounds}->{maxy};
#
# Create the XBase object.
$table = new XBase $file.'.dbf' or die XBase->errstr;
#
# Print the dbf file name & number of records..
print "\nDBFInfo table $file.dbf:\n\n";
print "\tnumber of records: ". ($table->last_record+1) ."\n";
#
# Print the header for the field dump.
print "\tnumber of fields: ". ($table->last_field+1) ."\n\n";
print "\tName             Type    Length Decimals\n";
print "\t---------------- ------- ------ --------\n";
#
# Loop through each field.
for ($table->field_names) {
  #
  # Print the field name, type, width, & # of decimal places.
  printf "\t%-16s %-7s %6d %8d\n", $_, $table->field_type($_), $table->field_length($_); $table->field_decimal($_)
}
#
# Close the dbf file.
undef $table;
}}}
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