User Commands                                         identify(1)



NAME
     identify - describes the format and characteristics  of  one
     or more image files.

SYNOPSIS
     identify [options] input-file

OVERVIEW
     The identify program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite
     of  tools.   It  describes the format and characteristics of
     one or more image files. It also  reports  if  an  image  is
     incomplete or corrupt. The information returned includes the
     image number, the file name, the width  and  height  of  the
     image,  whether  the image is colormapped or not, the number
     of colors in the image, the number of bytes  in  the  image,
     the  format  of the image (JPEG, PNM, etc.), and finally the
     number of seconds it took to read  and  process  the  image.
     Many more attributes are available with the verbose option.

     For more information about the identify command, point  your
     browser         to        file:/usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-
     6.3.4/www/identify.html                                   or
     http:/www.imagemagick.org/script/identify.php.

DESCRIPTION
     Image Settings:
       -antialias           remove pixel-aliasing
       -authenticate value  decrypt image with this password
       -channel type        apply option to select image channels
       -crop geometry       cut out a rectangular region  of  the
     image
       -debug events        display copious debugging information
       -define format:option
                            define  one  or  more  image   format
     options
       -density geometry    horizontal and  vertical  density  of
     the image
       -depth value         image depth
       -extract geometry    extract area from image
       -format "string"     output formatted  image  characteris-
     tics
       -fuzz distance       colors within this distance are  con-
     sidered equal
       -help                print program options
       -interlace type      type of image interlacing scheme
       -interpolate method  pixel color interpolation method
       -limit type value    pixel cache resource limit
       -list type           Color, Configure,  Delegate,  Format,
     Magic, Module,
                            Resource, or Type
       -log format          format of debugging information
       -matte               store matte channel if the image  has



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     one
       -monitor             monitor progress
       -ping                efficiently  determine  image  attri-
     butes
       -quiet               suppress all warning messages
       -regard-warnings     pay attention to warning messages
       -sampling-factor geometry
                            horizontal and vertical sampling fac-
     tor
       -set attribute value set an image attribute
       -size geometry       width and height of image
       -strip               strip image of all profiles and  com-
     ments
       -units type          the units of image resolution
       -verbose             print detailed information about  the
     image
       -version             print version information
       -virtual-pixel method
                            virtual pixel access method

     By default, the image format of `file' is determined by  its
     magic number.  To specify a particular image format, precede
     the filename with an image format name  and  a  colon  (i.e.
     ps:image)  or  specify the image type as the filename suffix
     (i.e. image.ps).  Specify 'file' as '-' for  standard  input
     or output.

SE-ALSO
     ImageMagick(1)


COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 1999-2007 ImageMagick Studio  LC.  Additional
     copyrights   and   licenses  apply  to  this  software,  see
     file:/usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6.3.4/www/license.php   or
     http:/www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:















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       ATRIBUTE TYPE     ATRIBUTE VALUE
    
     Availability         SUNWimagick    
    
     Interface Stability  External       
    

NOTES
     Source     for     ImageMagick     is      available      on
     http:/opensolaris.org.












































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