Run this script in a directory of shp files to create STDOUT that will load them all into postgis

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#!/bin/sh

jcz aug 24, 2005

clip off the “.shp” file extensions before use

drops existing shapes if they are the same name

for z in `ls *.shp
do
echo “shp2pgsql $z $z > $z.sql”
echo “psql -d -f $z.sql”
done