I'm working with shape files in GeoDjango. Right now I'm trying to write a test for code that loads in a shape file and saves it to a database. The shape file currently has a feature count of 64,118. I'd like to reduce this to a handful so the test can quickly load it and confirm everything is right.
Since shape files aren't in a text format, is there a free application or library I can use to pluck out a handful of features and save them to a new file?
I should mention I don't have a license nor access to any of the ESRI product line.