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GDAL-RASTER-SELECT(1)		      GDAL		   GDAL-RASTER-SELECT(1)

NAME
     gdal-raster-select - Select a subset of bands from a raster dataset

     Added in version 3.11.

SYNOPSIS
	Usage: gdal raster select [OPTIONS] <INPUT> <OUTPUT> <BAND>

	Select a subset of bands from a raster dataset.

	Positional arguments:
	  -i, --input <INPUT>				       Input raster dataset [required]
	  -o, --output <OUTPUT> 			       Output raster dataset [required]
	  -b, --band <BAND>				       Band(s) (1-based index, 'mask' or 'mask:<band>') [1.. values] [required]

	Common Options:
	  -h, --help					       Display help message and exit
	  --json-usage					       Display usage as JSON document and exit
	  --config <KEY>=<VALUE>			       Configuration option [may be repeated]
	  --progress					       Display progress bar

	Options:
	  -f, --of, --format, --output-format <OUTPUT-FORMAT>  Output format ("GDALG" allowed)
	  --co, --creation-option <KEY>=<VALUE> 	       Creation option [may be repeated]
	  --overwrite					       Whether overwriting existing output is allowed
	  --mask <MASK> 				       Mask band (1-based index, 'mask', 'mask:<band>' or 'none')

	Advanced Options:
	  --if, --input-format <INPUT-FORMAT>		       Input formats [may be repeated]
	  --oo, --open-option <KEY>=<VALUE>		       Open options [may be repeated]

DESCRIPTION
     gdal  raster  select  can be used to select and re-order a subset of raster
     bands from a raster dataset.

     This subcommand is also available	as  a  potential  step	of  gdal  raster
     pipeline

   Standard options
     -f, --of, --format, --output-format <OUTPUT-FORMAT>
	    Which  output  raster  format to use. Allowed values may be given by
	    gdal --formats | grep raster | grep rw | sort

     --co <NAME>=<VALUE>
	    Many formats have one or more optional creation options that can  be
	    used  to  control  particulars about the file created. For instance,
	    the GeoTIFF driver supports creation options to control compression,
	    and whether the file should be tiled.

	    May be repeated.

	    The creation options available vary by format driver, and some  sim-
	    ple  formats have no creation options at all. A list of options sup-
	    ported for a format can be listed with the	--formats  command  line
	    option but the documentation for the format is the definitive source
	    of	information on driver creation options.  See Raster drivers for-
	    mat specific documentation for legal creation options for each  for-
	    mat.

     --overwrite
	    Allow  program to overwrite existing target file or dataset.  Other-
	    wise, by default, gdal errors out if the target file or dataset  al-
	    ready exists.

     --band <BAND>
	    Select  one or several input bands. Bands are numbered from 1.  Mul-
	    tiple values may be selected to select a set of input bands to write
	    to the output file, or to reorder  bands.  The  special  value  mask
	    means the mask band of the first band of the input dataset. The mask
	    band  of any band can be specified with mask:<band>. A mask band se-
	    lected with --band will  become  an  ordinary  band  in  the  output
	    dataset.

     --mask <BAND>
	    Select one input band to create output dataset mask band.. Bands are
	    numbered  from 1.  The special value mask means the mask band of the
	    first band of the input dataset. The mask band of any  band  can  be
	    specified  with  mask:<band>.   <BAND>  can  be set to none to avoid
	    copying the global mask of the input dataset if it exists. Otherwise
	    it is copied by default, unless the mask is an alpha channel, or  if
	    it is explicitly selected to be a regular band of the output dataset
	    (--band mask)

GDALG OUTPUT (ON-THE-FLY / STREAMED DATASET)
     This program supports serializing the command line as a JSON file using the
     GDALG  output  format.   The  resulting file can then be opened as a raster
     dataset using the GDALG: GDAL Streamed  Algorithm	driver,  and  apply  the
     specified pipeline in a on-the-fly / streamed way.

EXAMPLES
   Example  1:	Reorder  a 3-band dataset with bands ordered Blue, Green, Red to
     Red, Green, Blue
	$ gdal raster select --band 3,2,1 bgr.tif rgb.tif --overwrite

   Example 2: Convert a RGBA dataset to a YCbCR JPEG compressed GeoTIFF
	$ gdal raster select --band 1,2,3 --mask 4 --co COMPRESS=JPEG,PHOTOMETRIC=YCBCR rgba.tif rgb_mask.tif

AUTHOR
     Even Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com>

COPYRIGHT
     1998-2025

				  Oct 29, 2025		   GDAL-RASTER-SELECT(1)

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