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/usr/bin/tiffinfo

Provides support for the Tag Image File Format or TIFF

From tiff 4.7.2-r5 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running tiffinfo --help (exit 1). permalink

/usr/bin/tiffinfo: invalid option -- '-'
LIBTIFF, Version 4.7.2
Copyright (c) 1988-1996 Sam Leffler
Copyright (c) 1991-1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Display information about TIFF files

usage: tiffinfo [options] input...
where options are:
 -D		read data
 -i		ignore read errors
 -c		display data for grey/color response curve or colormap
 -d		display raw/decoded image data
 -f lsb2msb	force lsb-to-msb FillOrder for input
 -f msb2lsb	force msb-to-lsb FillOrder for input
 -j		show JPEG tables
 -o offset	set initial directory offset
 -r		read/display raw image data instead of decoded data
 -s		display strip offsets and byte counts
 -w		display raw data in words rather than bytes
 -z		enable strip chopping
 -M size	set the memory allocation limit in MiB. 0 to disable limit
 -#		set initial directory (first directory is # 0)
 -w		show image data as 16-bit words
 -W		warn about unknown tags
Options (14)
OptionDescriptionSource
-Dread datahelp
-iignore read errorshelp
-cdisplay data for grey/color response curve or colormaphelp
-ddisplay raw/decoded image datahelp
-f lsb2msbforce lsb-to-msb FillOrder for inputhelp
-jshow JPEG tableshelp
-o offsetset initial directory offsethelp
-rread/display raw image data instead of decoded datahelp
-sdisplay strip offsets and byte countshelp
-wdisplay raw data in words rather than byteshelp
-zenable strip choppinghelp
-M sizeset the memory allocation limit in MiB.help
-#set initial directory (first directory is # 0)help
-Wwarn about unknown tagshelp

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