The read Command

The read Command

The read command reads a data file and launches the graphical interface (for its meaning in GPSMan scripts see the exec command).

read FORMAT [PARAMS] [TYPES] PATH

• FORMAT [IN-PARAMS] is the input file format and its parameters (if any); use show formats for a list of the currently accepted formats;
• IN-TYPES are the data types to read; the possible types depend on the format and some formats impose that there is a single data type per file; they may be absent if the format requires a unique data type or if the files can have items of different types; all can be used as an abbreviation of WP RT TR;
• PATH is the path to the file to read from, or, in the case of the Shapefile format, the path to the Shapefiles basename (file extensions will be discarded). If the PATH is stdin input will be from the standard input unless the format is the Shapefile format (in which case the command fails).

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The read Command