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ZBARIMG(1)		      ZBar Barcode Reader		    ZBARIMG(1)

NAME
       zbarimg - scan and decode bar codes from	image file(s)

SYNOPSIS

       zbarimg [-qv] [--quiet] [--verbose[=n]]
	       {-dD | --display	| --nodisplay |	--xml |	--noxml	|
	       -S[symbology.]config[=value] | --set [symbology.]config[=value]
	       | image...}

       zbarimg {-h | --help | --version}

DESCRIPTION
       For each	specified image	file zbarimg scans the image for bar codes and
       prints any decoded data to stdout. Images may optionally	be displayed
       to the screen.

       The underlying library currently	supports EAN-13	(including UPC and
       ISBN subsets), EAN-8, DataBar, DataBar Expanded,	Code 128, Code 93,
       Code 39,	Codabar, Interleaved 2 of 5 and	QR Code	symbologies. The
       specific	type of	each detected symbol is	printed	with the decoded data.

       Note that "image" in this context refers	to any format supported	by
       ImageMagick, including many vector formats such as PDF and PostScript.
       Keep in mind that vector	formats	are rasterized before scanning;
       manually	rasterize vector images	before scanning	to avoid
       unintentionally corrupting embedded barcode bitmaps.

OPTIONS
       This program follows the	usual GNU command line syntax. Single letter
       options may be bundled, long options start with two dashes (`-').

       -h, --help
	   Print a short help message describing command line options to
	   standard output and exit

       --version
	   Print program version information to	standard output	and exit

       -v, --verbose[=n]
	   Increase debug output level.	Multiple -v options create more	spew.
	   Alternatively specify n to set the debug level directly

       -S[symbology.]config[=value], --set [symbology.]config[=value]
	   Set decoder configuration option config for symbology to value.
	   value defaults to 1 if omitted.  symbology is one of	ean13, ean8,
	   upca, upce, isbn13, isbn10, i25, codabar, code39, code93, code128,
	   qrcode or the special value *. If symbology is omitted or *,	the
	   config will be set for all applicable symbologies. These are	the
	   currently recognized	configs. Prefix	a config with "no-" to negate
	   it. Not all configs are appropriate for every symbology.

	   enable
	       Control decoding/reporting of a symbology. For symbologies
	       which are just subsets of ean13 (upca, upce, isbn13, isbn10),
	       this config controls whether the	subsets	are detected and
	       reported	as such. These special cases are disabled by default,
	       all other symbologies default to	enabled

	   disable
	       Antonym for enable

	   emit-check
	       Control whether check digits are	included in the	decoded
	       output. Enabled by default. This	config does not	apply for
	       code128,	which never returns the	check digit. It	also not apply
	       for cases where the check digit is disabled (see	add-check).
	       Check digits are	currently not implemented for i25 or code39

	   add-check
	       Enable decode and verification of a check digit for symbologies
	       where it	is optional: this will include code39 and i25, neither
	       of which	implements the check digit yet

	   ascii
	       Enable escape sequences that encode the full ASCII character
	       set. This would apply to	code39,	except that it's not
	       implemented either...

	   position
	       Enable collection of symbol position information. Enabled by
	       default.	Currently, the position	information is unusable, so
	       you can save a few cycles by disabling this.

	   test-inverted
	       Specially for QR	code images, sometimes the image is inverted,
	       e. g. lines are written in white	instead	of black. This option
	       makes ZBar to invert the	image and parse	again, in case it
	       fails using the normal order. Enabling it affects all decoders.

	   min-length=n, max-length=n
	       Bound the number	of decoded characters in a valid symbol. If a
	       decode result is	outside	the configured min/max range
	       (inclusive), it will not	be reported. Set to 0 to disable the
	       corresponding check. This setting applies to variable-length
	       symbologies: i25, codabar, code39, code128 and pdf417.
	       min-length defaults to 6	for i25	and 1 for code39 (per Code 39
	       autodiscrimination recommendation); all others default to 0

	   x-density=n,	y-density=n
	       Adjust the density of the scanner passes. Lower values scan
	       more of the image at the	cost of	decreased performance. Setting
	       to 0 disables scanning along that axis. Defaults	are both 1.

       -q, --quiet
	   Quiet operation; only output	decoded	symbol data. specifically this
	   disables the	statistics line	printed	(to stderr) before exiting, as
	   well	as the warning message printed (also to	stderr)	when no
	   barcodes are	found in an image

       -d, --display, -D, --nodisplay
	   Enable/disable display of subsequent	image files, until next
	   --display or	--nodisplay is encountered. This option	may appear
	   multiple times to enable display of specific	images.	Image display
	   is disabled by default

       --xml, --noxml
	   Enable/disable result output	using an XML format. This format wraps
	   the raw data	from the symbol	with information about the scan	(such
	   as page indices) in an easy to parse	format.	The latest schema is
	   available from http://zbar.sourceforge.net/2008/barcode.xsd.

       --raw
	   Enable raw symbol data output. This format prints symbol data
	   separated by	newlines without the additional	symbology type
	   information that is printed by default

EXAMPLES
       Scan a PNG image	of a UPC bar code symbol and pass resulting data to a
       script that searches for	the code in a database and does	something
       useful with it:

	   zbarimg product.png | upcrpc.py

       The upcrpc.py example script included in	the examples/ subdirectory of
       the distribution	will make an XMLRPC call to a popular internet UPC
       database	and print the product description if found.

       Scan a JPEG image containing several barcodes and display the image in
       a window, also disabling	recognition of Interleaved 2 of	5 codes	to
       prevent confusion with other symbologies	or background noise:

	   zbarimg --display -Si25.disable label.jpg

       Look in a scanned document only for Code	39, using XML output format so
       the page	numbers	are available. To enable only Code 39, first all
       symbologies are disabled, then Code 39 is re-enabled:

	   zbarimg --xml -Sdisable -Scode39.enable scan.tiff

EXIT STATUS
       zbarimg returns an exit code to indicate	the status of the program
       execution. Current exit codes are:

       0
	   Barcodes successfully detected in all images. Warnings may have
	   been	generated, but no errors.

       1
	   An error occurred while processing some image(s). This includes bad
	   arguments, I/O errors and image handling errors from	ImageMagick.

       2
	   ImageMagick fatal error.

       3
	   The user quit the program before all	images were scanned. Only
	   applies when	running	in interactive mode (with --display)

       4
	   No barcode was detected in one or more of the images. No other
	   errors occurred.

SEE ALSO
       zbarcam(1)

       http://zbar.sf.net/

BUGS
       See http://sf.net/tracker/?group_id=189236&atid=928515

AUTHOR
       Jeff Brown <spadix@users.sourceforge.net>
	   Lead	developer

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Jeff Brown

       All Rights Reserved

zbar-0.23.90			  2017-04-11			    ZBARIMG(1)

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