1RDJPGCOM(1)                 General Commands Manual                RDJPGCOM(1)
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NAME

6       rdjpgcom - display text comments from a JPEG file
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SYNOPSIS

9       rdjpgcom [ -verbose ] [ filename ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       rdjpgcom  reads  the  named JPEG/JFIF file, or the standard input if no
13       file is named, and prints any text comments found in the  file  on  the
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16       The  JPEG standard allows "comment" (COM) blocks to occur within a JPEG
17       file.  Although the standard doesn't actually define  what  COM  blocks
18       are for, they are widely used to hold user-supplied text strings.  This
19       lets you add annotations, titles, index terms, etc to your JPEG  files,
20       and  later retrieve them as text.  COM blocks do not interfere with the
21       image stored in the JPEG file.  The maximum size of a COM block is 64K,
22       but you can have as many of them as you like in one JPEG file.
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OPTIONS

25       -verbose
26              Causes rdjpgcom to also display the JPEG image dimensions.
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28       Switch names may be abbreviated, and are not case sensitive.
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HINTS

31       rdjpgcom  does  not depend on the IJG JPEG library.  Its source code is
32       intended as an illustration of the minimum amount of code  required  to
33       parse a JPEG file header correctly.
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35       In  -verbose  mode, rdjpgcom will also attempt to print the contents of
36       any "APP12" markers as text.  Some digital cameras produce APP12  mark‐
37       ers containing useful textual information.  If you like, you can modify
38       the source code to print other APPn marker types as well.
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SEE ALSO

41       cjpeg(1), djpeg(1), jpegtran(1), wrjpgcom(1)
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AUTHOR

44       Independent JPEG Group
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48                                11 October 1997                    RDJPGCOM(1)
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