| .TH VIPS 1 "30 June 1993" |
| .SH NAME |
| vips \- run vips operations from the command line |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B vips [flags] [command] [command-args] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B vips(1) |
| is the VIPS universal main program. You can use it to run any VIPS function |
| from the command line, to query the VIPS function database, and to |
| maintain parts of the VIPS library. |
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| To run a VIPS function, the first argument should be the name of the function |
| and following arguments should be the function parameters. For example: |
| |
| example% vips im_invert lena.v lena2.v |
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| If you make a symbolic link to the vips executable named after an operation, |
| then you can use that link to call an operation directly. For example: |
| |
| example% ln -s vips im_invert |
| example% im_invert lena.v lena2.v |
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| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| .B -l PACKAGE, --list=PACKAGE |
| List operations defined in PACKAGE. PACKAGE can also be "classes", "packages" |
| or "all". |
| |
| .TP |
| .B -u OPERATION, --usage=OPERATION |
| Show usage message for OPERATION. |
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| .TP |
| .B -p PLUGIN, --plugin=PLUGIN |
| Load PLUGIN. Note that plugins in $VIPSHOME/lib are loaded automatically. |
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| .TP |
| .B -k, --links |
| Print link lines for all operations. |
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| .TP |
| .B -h PACKAGE, --cpph=PACKAGE |
| Print C++ header for PACKAGE. PACKAGE can also be a function name, or "all". |
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| .TP |
| .B -c PACKAGE, --cppc=PACKAGE |
| Print C++ binding for PACKAGE. PACKAGE can also be a function name, or "all". |
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| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| returns 0 on success and non-zero on error. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| header(1) |
| .SH COPYRIGHT |
| The National Gallery and Birkbeck College, 1989-1996. |
