<!-- manual page source format generated by PolyglotMan v3.2, --> <!-- available at http://polyglotman.sourceforge.net/ --> <html> <head> <title>EDVIPS(1) manual page</title> </head> <body bgcolor='white'> <a href='#toc'>Table of Contents</a><p> <h2><a name='sect0' href='#toc0'>Name</a></h2> edvips - edit header of a vips image file <h2><a name='sect1' href='#toc1'>Synopsis</a></h2> <b>edvips [OPTION...] vipsfile</b> <h2><a name='sect2' href='#toc2'>Description</a></h2> <b>edvips </b> alters a VIPS image file’s header. This is useful for setting the resolution, for example. <p> The options are: <p> -x, --xsize=N set Xsize to N<br> -y, --ysize=N set Ysize to N<br> -b, --bands=N set Bands to N<br> -f, --format=F set BandFmt to F (eg. IM_BANDFMT_UCHAR)<br> -t, --type=T set Type to T (eg. IM_TYPE_XYZ)<br> -c, --coding=C set Coding to C (eg. IM_CODING_LABQ)<br> -X, --xres=R set Xres to R pixels/mm<br> -Y, --yres=R set Yres to R pixels/mm<br> -u, --xoffset=N set Xoffset to N<br> -v, --yoffset=N set Yoffset to N<br> -e, --setext replace extension block with stdin<br> <p> Be very careful when changing Xsize, Ysize, BandFmt or Bands. edvips does no checking! <p> <h2><a name='sect3' href='#toc3'>Examples</a></h2> To set the Xsize to 512 and Bands to 6: <p> edvips --xsize=512 --bands=6 fred.v<br> <p> or <p> edvips -x 512 -b 6 fred.v<br> <p> Extract the XML metadata from an image with <a href='header.1.html'><b>header(1)</a> ,</b> edit it, and reattach with <a href='edvips.1.html'><b>edvips(1)</a> .</b> <p> header -f getext fred.v | sed s/banana/pineapple/ | edvips -e fred.v<br> <p> <h2><a name='sect4' href='#toc4'>Return Value</a></h2> returns 0 on success and non-zero on error. <h2><a name='sect5' href='#toc5'>See Also</a></h2> <a href='header.1.html'>header(1)</a> <h2><a name='sect6' href='#toc6'>Copyright</a></h2> K. Martinez 1993 <p> <hr><p> <a name='toc'><b>Table of Contents</b></a><p> <ul> <li><a name='toc0' href='#sect0'>Name</a></li> <li><a name='toc1' href='#sect1'>Synopsis</a></li> <li><a name='toc2' href='#sect2'>Description</a></li> <li><a name='toc3' href='#sect3'>Examples</a></li> <li><a name='toc4' href='#sect4'>Return Value</a></li> <li><a name='toc5' href='#sect5'>See Also</a></li> <li><a name='toc6' href='#sect6'>Copyright</a></li> </ul> </body> </html>