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$dcmtk: dcmdecap v3.7.1 2026-10-15 $

dcmdecap: Extract file from DICOM encapsulated storage
usage: dcmdecap [options] dcmfile-in encfile-out

parameters:
  dcmfile-in                   DICOM input filename ("-" for stdin)
  encfile-out                  Encapsulated document output filename
                               ("-" for stdout)

general options:
  -h     --help                print this help text and exit
         --version             print version information and exit
         --arguments           print expanded command line arguments
  -q     --quiet               quiet mode, print no warnings and errors
  -v     --verbose             verbose mode, print processing details
  -d     --debug               debug mode, print debug information
  -ll    --log-level           [l]evel: string constant
                               (fatal, error, warn, info, debug, trace)
                               use level l for the logger
  -lc    --log-config          [f]ilename: string
                               use config file f for the logger
input options:
  input file format:
    +f   --read-file           read file format or data set (default)
    +fo  --read-file-only      read file format only
    -f   --read-dataset        read data set without file meta information
  input transfer syntax:
    -t=  --read-xfer-auto      use TS recognition (default)
    -td  --read-xfer-detect    ignore TS specified in the file meta header
    -te  --read-xfer-little    read with explicit VR little endian TS
    -tb  --read-xfer-big       read with explicit VR big endian TS
    -ti  --read-xfer-implicit  read with implicit VR little endian TS
  parsing of odd-length attributes:
    +ao  --accept-odd-length   accept odd length attributes (default)
    +ae  --assume-even-length  assume real length is one byte larger
  handling of undefined length UN elements:
    +ui  --enable-cp246        read undefined len UN as implicit VR (default)
    -ui  --disable-cp246       read undefined len UN as explicit VR
  handling of defined length UN elements:
    -uc  --retain-un           retain elements as UN (default)
    +uc  --convert-un          convert to real VR if known
  automatic data correction:
    +dc  --enable-correction   enable automatic data correction (default)
    -dc  --disable-correction  disable automatic data correction
  bitstream format of deflated input:
    +bd  --bitstream-deflated  expect deflated bitstream (default)
    +bz  --bitstream-zlib      expect deflated zlib bitstream
processing options:
  execution options:
    -x   --exec                [c]ommand: string
                               execute command c after document extraction