TIFFSPLIT(1)

NAME
tiffsplit - split a multi-image TIFF into single-image TIFF files

SYNOPSIS

tiffsplit src.tif [ prefix ]

DESCRIPTION

tiffsplit takes a multi-directory (page) TIFF file and creates one or more single-directory (page) TIFF files from it. The output files are given names created by concatenating a prefix, a lexically ordered suffix in the range [aaa–zzz], the suffix .tif (e.g. xaaa.tif, xaab.tif, …, xzzz.tif). If a prefix is not specified on the command line, the default prefix of x is used.

OPTIONS

None.

EXIT STATUS

tiffsplit exits with one of the following values:

0: Success

1: An error occurred either reading the input or writing results.

BUGS

Only a select set of “known tags” are copied when splitting.

SEE ALSO

tiffcp (1), tiffinfo (1), libtiff (3tiff),

AUTHOR
LibTIFF contributors

COPYRIGHT
1988-2022, LibTIFF contributors