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In QGIS/GRASS, is it possible to list the projection details of all the shp,tab,dxf files in a folder ? We are having 100 - 150 files in too many folders. We would like to create a table of Proj details of all the files in those folders. Any idea ?

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GDAL ogrinfo is able to report the projection information of shapefiles.

You can use it recursively in batch mode in OSGeo4w or Linux/Mac Terminal. The command line for recursion is dependent on the operating system.

For Windows, try:

for /R .\ %%N IN (*.shp) DO ogrinfo -al -so %%N >>outogr.txt

or using gdalsrsinfo on the .prj file:

for /R .\ %%N IN (*.shp) DO (echo %%N >>outprj.txt & gdalsrsinfo %%~nN.prj >>outprj.txt)
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  • Thanks for the answer. But, i am very much new to python/command line/etc... So i dont know how to proceed. I've installed FWTools (even from QGIS we can access this, rite ?) & figured out ogrinfo -so (Summary only) will do the job for me (think so). But don't know how to set the path for a particluar folder and export the result a csv or table.. Could you shed light on how i have to proceed ? Will be immensely helpful.
    – joseph_k
    May 15, 2014 at 4:23
  • ogrinfo -al -so Folder_Path is listing all the details of the shapefiles in a particular folder. More or less, this is wat i am looking for. Only few things.. 1) Won't it read the tab or dxf files in those folders ? 2) How to export this summary into a csv file or txt or table ? 3) is it possbile to use this as a python script in QGIS ?
    – joseph_k
    May 15, 2014 at 4:35
  • Command line is different from python console. You have not told me which operating system you are using. This is essential for the command line recursion syntax.
    – AndreJ
    May 15, 2014 at 5:10
  • We are using Windows 7 Professional I am trying with this one For /R "Folder_Path" %f in (*.tab) do ogrinfo -al -so %f >> Projection.txt It reads all the tab file. But, it says "Access is denied"
    – joseph_k
    May 15, 2014 at 5:20
  • Not sure about the .tab, I don't have any. See my extended answer for shapefiles.
    – AndreJ
    May 15, 2014 at 5:39

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