1TIFFCMP(1) General Commands Manual TIFFCMP(1)
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6 tiffcmp - compare two TIFF files
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9 tiffcmp [ options ] file1.tif file2.tif
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12 Tiffcmp compares the tags and data in two files created according to
13 the Tagged Image File Format, Revision 6.0. The schemes used for com‐
14 pressing data in each file are immaterial when data are compared-data
15 are compared on a scanline-by-scanline basis after decompression. Most
16 directory tags are checked; notable exceptions are: GrayResponseCurve,
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23 -l List each byte of image data that differs between the files.
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42 pal2rgb(1), tiffcp(1), tiffmedian(1), libtiff(3TIFF)
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44 Libtiff library home page: http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/
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