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RDJPGCOM(1)		     General Commands Manual		     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  in-
     tended 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  markers  con-
     taining 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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