DESCRIPTION
g.list searches for data files matching a pattern given by
wildcards or POSIX Extended Regular Expressions.
NOTES
The output of g.list may be useful for other programs' parameter
input (e.g. time series for r.series)
when used with separator=comma.
EXAMPLES
List all raster maps as continuous, sorted list:
List all vector maps as continuous, sorted list with MAPSET info (i.e.
fully-qualified map names):
List all raster and vector maps ordered by mapset:
List all raster and vector maps as continuous, sorted list:
List all available GRASS data base files:
Mapset search path
If mapset is not specified than g.list searches for
data files in the mapsets which are included in the search path
(defined by g.mapsets),
see g.mapsets -p.
g.list rast -p
raster map(s) available in mapset <user1>:
dmt
...
raster map(s) available in mapset <PERMANENT>:
aspect
...
g.list rast mapset=* -p
raster map(s) available in mapset <landsat>:
lsat5_1987_10
...
raster map(s) available in mapset <user1>:
dmt
...
raster map(s) available in mapset <PERMANENT>:
aspect
...
Wildcards
List all vector maps starting with letter "r":
g.list type=vector pattern="r*"
g.list type=vector pattern="[ra]*"
g.list type=raster pattern="{soil,landuse}_*"
g.list type=raster pattern="N45E00?.meters"
# without exclude:
  g.list rast pat="r*" mapset=PERMANENT
  railroads
  roads
  rstrct.areas
  rushmore
# exclude only complete word(s):
  g.list rast pat="r*" exclude=roads mapset=PERMANENT
  railroads
  rstrct.areas
  rushmore
# exclude with wildcard:
  g.list rast pat="r*" exclude="*roads*" mapset=PERMANENT
  rstrct.areas
  rushmore
Regular expressions
List all soil maps starting with "soils" in their name:
g.list -r type=raster pattern='^soils'
g.list -r type=raster pattern='^tmp$'
g.list -r type=vector pattern='^tmp[0-9]$'
g.list -r type=vector separator=comma pattern='^tmp[0-9]$'
Extended regular expressions
List all precipitation maps for the years 1997-2012, comma separated:
g.list -e type=raster separator=comma pattern="precip_total.(199[7-9]|200[0-9]|201[0-2]).sum"
Maps whose region overlaps with a saved region
List all raster maps starting with "tmp_" whose region overlaps with
the region of "test" raster map:
g.region raster=test save=test_region
g.list type=raster pattern='tmp_*' region=test_region
g.list -r type=vector pattern='^tmp[0-9]$' region=.
g.list type=rast,vect region=*
SEE ALSO
r.series,
t.list,
t.rast.list,
t.vect.list
Regular expressions
(aka regex) - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
AUTHOR
Huidae Cho
grass4u@gmail.com
based on general/manage/cmd/list.c by Michael Shapiro
Last changed: $Date: 2014-12-27 00:50:11 +0100 (Sat, 27 Dec 2014) $