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tiffinfo - print information about TIFF files
tiffinfo [ options ] input.tif <?>
tiffinfo displays information about files created according to the
Tag Image File Format, Revision 6.0. By default, the contents of each
TIFF directory in each file are displayed, with the value of each tag
shown symbolically (where sensible).
-c Display the colormap and color/gray response curves, if
present.
-D In addition to displaying the directory tags, read and
decompress all the data in each image (but not display it).
-d In addition to displaying the directory tags, print each byte
of decompressed data in hexadecimal.
-j Display any JPEG-related tags that are present.
-o Set the initial TIFF directory according to the specified 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.
-s Display the offsets and byte counts for each data strip in a
directory.
-z Enable strip chopping when reading image data.
-# Set the initial TIFF directory to #.
-W Warn about unknown tags.
pal2rgb, tiffcp, tiffcmp, tiffmedian, libtiff
LibTIFF contributors
1988-2025, LibTIFF contributors
4.7 March 7, 2026 TIFFINFO(1)
NAME
tiffinfo - print information about TIFF files
SYNOPSIS
tiffinfo [ options ] input.tif <?>
DESCRIPTION
tiffinfo displays information about files created according to the
Tag Image File Format, Revision 6.0. By default, the contents of each
TIFF directory in each file are displayed, with the value of each tag
shown symbolically (where sensible).
OPTIONS
-c Display the colormap and color/gray response curves, if
present.
-D In addition to displaying the directory tags, read and
decompress all the data in each image (but not display it).
-d In addition to displaying the directory tags, print each byte
of decompressed data in hexadecimal.
-j Display any JPEG-related tags that are present.
-o Set the initial TIFF directory according to the specified 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.
-s Display the offsets and byte counts for each data strip in a
directory.
-z Enable strip chopping when reading image data.
-# Set the initial TIFF directory to #.
-W Warn about unknown tags.
SEE ALSO
pal2rgb, tiffcp, tiffcmp, tiffmedian, libtiff
AUTHOR
LibTIFF contributors
COPYRIGHT
1988-2025, LibTIFF contributors
4.7 March 7, 2026 TIFFINFO(1)