gdalbuildvrt:tldr:4bfaa
gdalbuildvrt: Make a virtual mosaic from files whose name is specified in a text file.
$ gdalbuildvrt -input_file_list ${path-to-list-txt} ${path-to-output-vrt}
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The command "gdalbuildvrt" is a command-line utility in the GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) library. It is used to create a virtual raster dataset (VRT) file from a list of input files.
Here is the breakdown of the command:
- "gdalbuildvrt" is the command itself.
- "-input_file_list" specifies that the following argument will be a text file containing a list of input file paths.
- "${path-to-list-txt}" represents the path to a text file that contains a list of input files. This list file should contain one file path per line.
- "${path-to-output-vrt}" represents the desired path (including the filename) for the output VRT file that will be created.
In summary, the command takes a list of input file paths from a text file and generates a VRT file at the specified output path. The VRT file acts as a virtual mosaic of the input files, providing a convenient way to access and manipulate the files as one dataset without physically merging them.
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