Ubuntu Manpage: osmium-removeid - remove objects from OSM file by ID

NAME

       osmium-removeid - remove objects from OSM file by ID

SYNOPSIS

       osmium removeid [OPTIONS] OSM-FILE ID...
       osmium removeid [OPTIONS] OSM-FILE -i ID-FILE
       osmium removeid [OPTIONS] OSM-FILE -I ID-OSM-FILE

DESCRIPTION

Copy input file to output removing objects with the specified IDs.

IDs can be given on the command line (first case in synopsis), or read from text files with one ID per
line (second case in synopsis), or read from OSM files (third cases in synopsis). A mixture of these
cases is also allowed.

Objects will be written out in the order they are found in the OSM-FILE. The input file is only read
once, reading from STDIN is possible by using the special file name `-'.

On the command line or in the ID file, the IDs have the form: TYPE-LETTER NUMBER. The type letter is `n'
for nodes, `w' for ways, and `r' for relations. If there is no type letter, `n' for nodes is assumed (or
whatever the --default-type option says). So “n13 w22 17 r21” will match the nodes 13 and 17, the way 22
and the relation 21.

The order in which the IDs appear does not matter. Identical IDs can appear multiple times on the
command line or in the ID file(s).

On the command line, the list of IDs can be in separate arguments or in a single argument separated by
spaces, tabs, commas (,), semicolons (;), forward slashes (/) or pipe characters (|).

In an ID file (option --id-file/-i) each line must start with an ID in the format described above.
Leading space characters in the line are ignored. Lines can optionally contain a space character or a
hash sign (`#') after the ID. Any characters after that are ignored. (This also allows files in OPL
format to be read.) Empty lines are ignored.

Note that all objects will be taken from the OSM-FILE, the ID-OSM-FILE is only used to detect which
objects to remove.

The OSM-FILE can be a history file in which case all versions of the objects with the specified IDs will
be removed.

This command will not work with negative IDs.

OPTIONS

       --default-type=TYPE
              Use  TYPE  (`node',  `way', or `relation') for IDs without a type prefix (default: `node').  It is
              also allowed to just use the first character of the type here.

       -i, --id-file[=FILE]
              Read IDs from text file instead of from the command line.  Use the special name “-” to  read  from
              STDIN.   Each  line  of  the  file must start with an ID in the format described above.  Lines can
              optionally contain a space character or a hash sign (`#') after the ID.  This  character  and  all
              following  characters are ignored.  (This allows files in OPL format to be read.)  Empty lines are
              also ignored.  This option can be used multiple times.

       -I, --id-osm-file=OSMFILE
              Like --id-file/-i but get the IDs from an OSM file.  This option can be used multiple times.

COMMON OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Show usage help.

       -v, --verbose
              Set verbose mode.  The program will output information about what it is doing to STDERR.

       --progress
              Show progress bar.  Usually a progress bar is only displayed if STDOUT and STDERR are detected  to
              be  TTY.  With this option a progress bar is always shown.  Note that a progress bar will never be
              shown when reading from STDIN or a pipe.

       --no-progress
              Do not show progress bar.  Usually a progress bar is displayed if STDOUT and STDERR  are  detected
              to  be  a  TTY.   With  this option the progress bar is suppressed.  Note that a progress bar will
              never be shown when reading from STDIN or a pipe.

INPUT OPTIONS

       -F, --input-format=FORMAT
              The format of the input file(s).  Can be used to set the input format if it can’t be  autodetected
              from  the  file name(s).  This will set the format for all input files, there is no way to set the
              format for some input files only.  See osmium-file-formats(5) or the libosmium manual for details.

OUTPUT OPTIONS

       -f, --output-format=FORMAT
              The format of the output file.  Can be used  to  set  the  output  file  format  if  it  can’t  be
              autodetected  from  the  output file name.  See osmium-file-formats(5) or the libosmium manual for
              details.

       --fsync
              Call fsync after writing the output file to force flushing buffers to disk.

       --generator=NAME
              The name and version of the program generating the output file.  It will be added to the header of
              the output file.  Default is “osmium/” and the version of osmium.

       -o, --output=FILE
              Name of the output file.  Default is `-' (STDOUT).

       -O, --overwrite
              Allow an existing output file to be overwritten.  Normally osmium will refuse  to  write  over  an
              existing file.

       --output-header=OPTION=VALUE
              Add  output  header  option.   This  command  line option can be used multiple times for different
              OPTIONs.  See the osmium-output-headers(5) man page for a list of available header  options.   For
              some  commands you can use the special format “OPTION!” (ie.  an exclamation mark after the OPTION
              and no value set) to set the value to the same as in the input file.

DIAGNOSTICS

       osmium removeid exits with exit code

       0      if nothing went wrong

       2      if there was a problem with the command line arguments.

MEMORY USAGE

       osmium removeid does all its work on the fly and only keeps a table of all IDs it needs in main memory.

EXAMPLES

       Output all nodes except nodes 17 and 1234, all ways except way 42, and all relations except relation  111
       to STDOUT in OPL format:

              osmium removeid -f opl planet.osm.pbf n1234 w42 n17 r111

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2013-2025 Jochen Topf <jochen@topf.org>.

       License  GPLv3+:  GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  This is free software:
       you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

CONTACT

       If you have any questions or want to report a bug, please go to https://osmcode.org/contact.html

AUTHORS

       Jochen Topf <jochen@topf.org>.

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