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/usr/bin/vips

A fast image processing library with low memory needs

From libvips 8.18.7-r3 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running vips --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage:
  vips [OPTION…] [ACTION] [OPTIONS] [PARAMETERS] - VIPS driver program

   OPER - execute vips operation OPER


Help Options:
  -h, --help                     Show help options

Application Options:
  -t, --targets                  print vector targets
  -l, --list=BASE-NAME           list objects
  -p, --plugin=PLUGIN            load PLUGIN
  -v, --version                  print version
  -c, --completion=BASE-NAME     print completions
  --vips-concurrency=N           evaluate with N concurrent threads
  --vips-max-coord               maximum coordinate
  --vips-progress                show progress feedback
  --vips-leak                    leak-check on exit
  --vips-profile                 profile and dump timing on exit
  --vips-disc-threshold=N        images larger than N are decompressed to disc
  --vips-novector                disable vectorised versions of operations
  --vips-cache-max=N             cache at most N operations
  --vips-cache-max-memory=N      cache at most N bytes in memory
  --vips-cache-max-files=N       allow at most N open files
  --vips-cache-trace             trace operation cache
  --vips-cache-dump              dump operation cache on exit
  --vips-version                 print libvips version
  --vips-config                  print libvips config
  --vips-pipe-read-limit         read at most this many bytes from a pipe
Options (21)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpShow help optionshelp
-t, --targetsprint vector targetshelp
-l, --list BASE-NAMEList operations below BASE-NAME.help + man
-p, --plugin PLUGINLoad PLUGIN.help + man
-v, --versionShow VIPS version.help + man
-c, --completion BASE-NAMEPrint completions for NAMEhelp + man
--vips-concurrency Nevaluate with N concurrent threadshelp
--vips-max-coordmaximum coordinatehelp
--vips-progressshow progress feedbackhelp
--vips-leakleak-check on exithelp
--vips-profileprofile and dump timing on exithelp
--vips-disc-threshold Nimages larger than N are decompressed to dischelp
--vips-novectordisable vectorised versions of operationshelp
--vips-cache-max Ncache at most N operationshelp
--vips-cache-max-memory Ncache at most N bytes in memoryhelp
--vips-cache-max-files Nallow at most N open fileshelp
--vips-cache-tracetrace operation cachehelp
--vips-cache-dumpdump operation cache on exithelp
--vips-versionprint libvips versionhelp
--vips-configprint libvips confighelp
--vips-pipe-read-limitread at most this many bytes from a pipehelp
Exit status (1) from the manual page
0success and non-zero on error
Examples (1) from the manual page, untested

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