RDJPGCOM(1)							   RDJPGCOM(1)



NAME
       rdjpgcom - display text comments from a JPEG file

SYNOPSIS
       rdjpgcom [ -raw ] [ -verbose ] [ filename ]


DESCRIPTION
       rdjpgcom  reads	the  named JPEG/JFIF file, or the standard input if no
       file is named, and prints any text comments found in the  file  on  the
       standard output.

       The  JPEG standard allows "comment" (COM) blocks to occur within a JPEG
       file.  Although the standard doesn't actually define  what  COM	blocks
       are for, they are widely used to hold user-supplied text strings.  This
       lets you add annotations, titles, index terms, etc to your JPEG	files,
       and  later retrieve them as text.  COM blocks do not interfere with the
       image stored in the JPEG file.  The maximum size of a COM block is 64K,
       but you can have as many of them as you like in one JPEG file.

OPTIONS
       -raw   Normally	rdjpgcom escapes non-printable characters in comments,
	      for security reasons.  This option avoids that.

       -verbose Causes rdjpgcom to also display the JPEG image dimensions.

       Switch names may be abbreviated, and are not case sensitive.

HINTS
       rdjpgcom does not depend on the IJG JPEG library.  Its source  code  is
       intended  as  an illustration of the minimum amount of code required to
       parse a JPEG file header correctly.

       In -verbose mode, rdjpgcom will also attempt to print the  contents  of
       any  "APP12" markers as text.  Some digital cameras produce APP12 mark-
       ers containing useful textual information.  If you like, you can modify
       the source code to print other APPn marker types as well.

SEE ALSO
       cjpeg(1), djpeg(1), jpegtran(1), wrjpgcom(1)

AUTHOR
       Independent JPEG Group



				 02 April 2009			   RDJPGCOM(1)

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