Flags:¶

-c

Create mapset if it doesn’t exist

-l

List available mapsets and exit

-p

Print current mapset and exit

--overwrite

Allow output files to overwrite existing files

--help

Print usage summary

--verbose

Verbose module output

--quiet

Quiet module output

--ui

Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:¶

mapset=name [required]

Name of mapset (default: current search path)
Name of mapset where to switch

project=name

Project (location) name
Project name (not path to project)

dbase=path

GRASS database directory
Default: path to the current GRASS database

format=name [required]

Output format
Options: plain, json
Default: plain
plain: Plain text output
json: JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)

Print the name of the current mapset¶

To print the name of the current mapset, use the -p command as shown below:

g.mapset -p

List available mapsets¶

To list available mapsets, use the -l command as shown below:

g.mapset -l

This should list all the mapsets, such as: "landsat new PERMANENT user1."

Change the current mapset¶

To change the current mapset to "user1" use the following command:

g.mapset mapset=user1 project=nc_spm_08_grass7

You should receive the following message: "Mapset switched. Your shell continues to use the history for the old mapset."

Create a new mapset¶

To create a new mapset, use the -c tag as shown below:

g.mapset -c mapset=new project=nc_spm_08_grass7