NAME

pngcheck - tests PNG, JNG or MNG image files for corruption, and prints size/type info.

SYNOPSIS

pngcheck [-7cpqtv] file.{png|jng|mng} [file2.{png|jng|mng} [...]]
 
... | pngcheck [-7cpqstvx]
 
pngcheck [-7cpqstvx] file-containing-PNGs...

DESCRIPTION

PNGcheck, version 3.0.3 of 25 April 2021, by Alexander Lehmann, Andreas Dilger and Greg Roelofs.
Test PNG, JNG or MNG image files for corruption, and print size/type info.

OPTIONS

-7
print contents of tEXt chunks, escape chars >=128 (for 7-bit terminals)
-c
colorize output (for ANSI terminals)
-p
print contents of PLTE, tRNS, hIST, sPLT and PPLT (can be used with -q)
-q
test quietly (output only errors)
-s
search for PNGs within another file
-t
print contents of tEXt chunks (can be used with -q)
-v
test verbosely (print most chunk data)
-vv
test very verbosely (decode & print line filters)
-w
suppress windowBits test (more-stringent compression check)
-x
search for PNGs within another file and extract them when found

NOTE

MNG support is more informational than conformance-oriented.

SEE ALSO

pngsplit(1), png-fix-IDAT-windowsize(1)

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