subsetting a vector

[Rick Thompson]

Hi Agus,
  You can use the v.cutter command to cut out a region. You'll need to label
the cutter and support it. Rick

On Wed, 7 Feb 1996, Agustin Lobo wrote:

> To select a zone of raster map in grass we just need
> to define the region and then
> 
> r.mapcalc "new.map = old.map"
> 
> Is there any way to do the same with a vector?
> I have a very large vector of coastlines and I'm
> interested only in one particular region.
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