vips(1) General Commands Manual vips(1)
NAME
vips - run vips operations from the command line
SYNOPSIS
vips [options] [command] [command-options] [command-args]
DESCRIPTION
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
-l BASE-NAME, --list=BASE-NAME 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 Load PLUGIN. Note that plugins in $VIPSHOME/lib/vips-plugins- MAJOR.MINOR are loaded automatically. -v, --version Show VIPS version. -c NAME, --completion NAME Print completions for NAME
COMMANDS
operation-name operation-arguments Execute a named operation, for example add.
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
returns 0 on success and non-zero on error.
SEE ALSO
vipsheader(1)
COPYRIGHT
The National Gallery and Birkbeck College, 1989-1996. 30 June 1993 vips(1)
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