gdal - Main gdal entry point

NAME  SYNOPSIS  EXAMPLES  Example 1: Getting information on the file utm.tif (with JSON output)  Example 2: Converting file utm.tif to GeoPackage raster  Example 3: Getting information on all available commands and subcommands asa JSON document.  Example 4: Getting list of all formats supported by the current GDAL build,as text  Example 5: Getting list of all formats supported by the current GDAL build,as JSON.  AUTHOR  COPYRIGHT 

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NAME

gdal − Main gdal entry point

Added in version 3.11.

SYNOPSIS

Usage: gdal <COMMAND> [OPTIONS]
where <COMMAND> is one of:
− convert: Convert a dataset (shortcut for 'gdal raster convert' or 'gdal vector convert').
− driver: Command for driver specific operations.
− info: Return information on a dataset (shortcut for 'gdal raster info' or 'gdal vector info').
− mdim: Multidimensional commands.
− pipeline: Execute a pipeline (shortcut for 'gdal raster pipeline' or 'gdal vector pipeline').
− raster: Raster commands.
− vector: Vector commands.
− vsi: GDAL Virtual System Interface (VSI) commands.

Common Options:
−h, −−help Display help message and exit
−−json−usage Display usage as JSON document and exit
−−config <KEY>=<VALUE> Configuration option [may be repeated]

Options:
−−version Display GDAL version and exit
−−drivers Display driver list as JSON document

'gdal <FILENAME>' can also be used as a shortcut for 'gdal info <FILENAME>'.
And 'gdal read <FILENAME> ! ...' as a shortcut for 'gdal pipeline <FILENAME> ! ...'.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Getting information on the file utm.tif (with JSON output)

$ gdal info utm.tif

Example 2: Converting file utm.tif to GeoPackage raster

$ gdal convert utm.tif utm.gpkg

Example 3: Getting information on all available commands and subcommands asa JSON document.

$ gdal −−json−usage

Example 4: Getting list of all formats supported by the current GDAL build,as text

$ gdal −−formats

Example 5: Getting list of all formats supported by the current GDAL build,as JSON.

$ gdal −−formats −−json

AUTHOR

Even Rouault <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT

1998-2025

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