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BIFFINFO

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 16 Mar 1998
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NAME

biffinfo - extract information from biff-file

SYNTAX

biffinfo [-f] [-t] [-b] [-u] [-h] [-i] [c] [-n <band>] \
[<filename>...] [<dirname>...]

DESCRIPTION

biffinforeads the info block of one or more images or allimages in a directory. If no options are given, the info willbe written formatted. See example.

OPTIONS

If one or more options are specified (exept -i and -c)the output will be unformatted.

-f

Print the filename

-b

Print number of bands

-n band

Print info for band
band pixtyp xsize ysize xstart ystart xmag ymag

-u

Print info for all bands

-t

Print the image title

-h

Print text (history) block

-i

Print images only

-c

Print colortables only

You may specify more than one options.In unformatted output, the rules are:

.I -n

or -uis specifiedCombine -f -b -n -u -t to one output line/band.
<filename> <bands> <bandinfo> <title>
Print text (-h)

Otherwise:

Combine -f -b -t to one line/image
<filename> <bands> <title>
Print text (-h)

RETURN VALUE

0 = success, 2 = failure

AUTHOR

Tor Lřnnestad and Otto Milvang

EXAMPLES

1. Type out all info about a biff-file
>> biffinfo mona.img

Filename  : mona.img
Title     : MONA
Bands     : 3
Textlen   : 0
Band      : Pixeltype Xsize Ysize Xstart Ystart Xmag Ymag
    1        uns_byte   512   512    1      1      1    1
    2        uns_byte   512   768    1      1      1    1
    3        uns_byte   256   256    1      1      1    1
Textfield :
Fri Jan 11 15:54:05 1991 addw Weight1: 1.00 Weight2: 1.00

2. Print out the nuber of bands in mona.img
>> biffinfo -b mona.img
3

3. Print title of 2 images sent as standard input
cat mona1.img mona2.img | biffinfo -t - -
MONA 1
MONA 2

4. Formattet output: filename bands bandinfo
>> biffinfo -fbu mona.img
mona.img 3 1 3 512 512 1 1 1 1
mona.img 3 2 3 512 768 1 1 1 1
mona.img 3 3 3 256 256 1 1 1 1

5. List all images in a directory
>> biffinfo -if /local/blab/img
/local/blab/mona.img
/local/blab/mona1.img
/local/blab/mona2.img

ID

$Id: biffinfo.c,v 1.33 1997/07/11 14:18:52 svein Exp $

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