TIFFDUMP(1)                                           TIFFDUMP(1)



NAME
       tiffdump - print verbatim information about TIFF files

SYNOPSIS
       tiffdump [ options ] name ...

DESCRIPTION
       tiffdump displays directory information from files created
       according to the Tag Image File Format, Revision 6.0.  The
       header of each TIFF file (magic number, version, and first
       directory offset) is displayed, followed by the  tag  con-
       tents  of  each  directory in the file.  For each tag, the
       name, data type, count, and value(s) is  displayed.   When
       the  symbolic  name  for  a tag or data type is known, the
       symbolic name is displayed followed by it's numeric (deci-
       mal)  value.   Tag values are displayed enclosed in ``<>''
       characters immediately preceded by the value of the  count
       field.   For example, an ImageWidth tag might be displayed
       as ``ImageWidth (256) SHORT (3) 1<800>''.

       tiffdump is particularly useful for investigating the con-
       tents of TIFF files that libtiff does not understand.

OPTIONS
       -h     Force  numeric  data  to  be printed in hexadecimal
              rather than the default decimal.

       -m  items
              Change the number of indirect data items  that  are
              printed. By default, this will be 24.

       -o  offset
              Dump  the  contents  of the IFD at the a particular
              file offset.  The  file  offset  may  be  specified
              using  the  usual  C-style  syntax;  i.e. a leading
              ``0x'' for hexadecimal  and  a  leading  ``0''  for
              octal.

SEE ALSO
       tiffinfo(1), libtiff(3TIFF)

       Libtiff    library   home   page:   http://www.remotesens-
       ing.org/libtiff/



libtiff                  October 23, 2005             TIFFDUMP(1)