[gdal-dev] Re: ogr2ogr - output WKT to console?

[Hermann Peifer]

On 31/08/2011 22:52, Even Rouault wrote:
>
> Yes, as a output filename, you can use the special name /vsistdout/ (you need
> the trailing slash) . You likely need GDAL 1.8 or later for it to work.
>

Even,

Thanks for the hint. Is there a specific reason why the csv driver isn't 
able to use /dev/stdout, similar to the kml driver [1] ?

Hermann

[1]

$ ogr2ogr -f kml /dev/stdout test.shp
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2">
<Document><Folder><name>test</name>
<Schema name="test" id="test">
         <SimpleField name="Name" type="string"></SimpleField>
         <SimpleField name="Description" type="string"></SimpleField>
         <SimpleField name="Latitude" type="string"></SimpleField>
         <SimpleField name="Longitude" type="string"></SimpleField>
         <SimpleField name="Value" type="string"></SimpleField>
</Schema>
   <Placemark>
         <name>First point</name>
         <ExtendedData><SchemaData schemaUrl="#test">
                 <SimpleData name="Name">First point</SimpleData>
                 <SimpleData name="Latitude">50</SimpleData>
                 <SimpleData name="Longitude">50</SimpleData>
                 <SimpleData name="Value">1</SimpleData>
         </SchemaData></ExtendedData>
       <Point><coordinates>50,50</coordinates></Point>
   </Placemark>
(...)