GPX Tools

This project includes a simple portable bash script that which combine multiples GPX files (in order) into one single .gpx file and writes this to stdout.

How to use gpx-combine

bash gpx-combine <FILE 1> <FILE 2> [FILE N...] > combined.gpx

or do the usual and make the script executable to then call it

chmod +x gpx-combine
./combine-gpx  <FILE 1> <FILE 2> [FILE N...] > combined.gpx

Finally, the script can be added to your $PATH so it can be called from anywhere: add

export PATH=$PATH:<Path to gpx-combine>

to your shell initialisation file (e.g. ~/.bashrc).

Why another GPX tool?

This project was born out of a shortcoming of my cycling computer: to upload a new route naviagation whilst riding you must stop the recording, synchronise the device, and then begin recoding again. This occasionally leaves me with a ride split into two recordings.

I enjoyed writing this short shell sciprt. It is simple, executable from the command line and doesn't require me to upload my files to some website.