VIPS(1) General Commands Manual VIPS(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

vips - run vips operations from the command line

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**vips \[options] \[command] \[command-options] \[command-args]**

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

[**vips(1)**](/man/os/libvips/vips.1) is the VIPS universal main program. You can use it to run any VIPS operation from the command line, to query the VIPS class hierarchy, and to maintain parts of the VIPS library.

To run a VIPS operation, the first argument should be the name of the operation and following arguments should be the operation arguments. For example:

$ vips invert lena.v lena2.v

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-l BASE-NAME, --list=BASE-NAME**](#l)

List operations below BASE-NAME. This prints a one-line summary of every operation in vips below the class BASE-NAME, where BASE-NAME may be a full vips class name, or a nickname.

If BASE-NAME is not supplied, this will list all classes below VipsOperation.

[**-p PLUGIN, --plugin=PLUGIN**](#p)

Load PLUGIN. Note that plugins in $VIPSHOME/lib/vips-plugins-MAJOR.MINOR are loaded automatically.

[**-v, --version**](#v,)

Show VIPS version.

[**-c NAME, --completion NAME**](#c)

Print completions for **NAME**

# [COMMANDS](#COMMANDS)

[**operation-name operation-arguments**](#operation-name)

Execute a named operation, for example add.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

Run a vips operation. Operation options must follow the operation name.

$ vips insert lena.v lena2.v out.v 0 0 --background "128 0 0"

Get a "usage" message for an operation.

$ vips insert  
insert image @sub into @main at @x, @y  
usage:  
insert main sub out x y  
where:  
main - Main input image, input VipsImage  
sub - Sub-image to insert into main image, input VipsImage  
out - Output image, output VipsImage  
x - Left edge of sub in main, input gint default: 0 min: -100000000, max: 100000000  
y - Top edge of sub in main, input gint default: 0 min: -100000000, max: 100000000  
optional arguments:  
expand - Expand output to hold all of both inputs, input gboolean default: false  
background - Colour for new pixels, input VipsArrayDouble  
operation flags: sequential

List all draw operations.

$ vips -l draw  
VipsDraw (draw), draw operations  
VipsDrawink (drawink), draw with ink operations  
VipsDrawRect (draw\_rect), paint a rectangle on an image  
VipsDrawMask (draw\_mask), draw a mask on an image  
VipsDrawLine (draw\_line), draw a line on an image  
VipsDrawCircle (draw\_circle), draw a circle on an image  
VipsDrawFlood (draw\_flood), flood-fill an area  
VipsDrawImage (draw\_image), paint an image into another image  
VipsDrawSmudge (draw\_smudge), blur a rectangle on an image

# [RETURN VALUE](#RETURN_VALUE)

returns 0 on success and non-zero on error.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[vipsheader(1)](/man/os/libvips/vipsheader.1)

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

The National Gallery and Birkbeck College, 1989-1996.

30 June 1993

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Document: vips(1) from libvips 8.18.7-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/libvips/libvips