VIPSHEADER(1) General Commands Manual VIPSHEADER(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

vipsheader - prints information about an image file

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

vipsheader \[OPTIONS ...] files ...

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

[**vipsheader(1)**](/man/os/libvips/vipsheader.1) prints image header fields to stdout.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-a, --all**](#a,)

Show all fields. Fields are displayed to be convenient for humans to read, so binary data, for example, is summarized rather than simply printed.

[**-f FIELD, --field=FIELD**](#f)

Print the value of **FIELD** from the image header. Fields are printed in a way suitable for programs to understand, so, for example, binary data is base64-encoded and printed as a stream of characters.

The special field name **getext** prints the VIPS extension block: the XML defining the image metadata. You can alter this, then reattach with **[vipsedit(1)](/man/os/libvips/vipsedit.1).**

You can use multiple "-f" arguments to print the values of many fields.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

$ vipsheader -f width ~/pics/\*.v  
1024  
1279  
22865  
1  
256

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

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

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

N. Dessipris

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

N. Dessipris - 12/07/1990

12 July 1990

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