identify(1)							   identify(1)



NAME
       identify  -  describes  the  format  and characteristics of one or more
       image files.

SYNOPSIS
       identify [options] input-file

OVERVIEW
       The identify program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of	tools.
       It describes the format and characteristics of one or more image files.
       It also reports if an image is incomplete or corrupt.  The  information
       returned includes the image number, the file name, the width and height
       of the image, whether the image is colormapped or not,  the  number  of
       colors  in  the	image, the number of bytes in the image, the format of
       the image (JPEG, PNM, etc.), and finally the number of seconds it  took
       to  read and process the image. Many more attributes are available with
       the verbose option.

       For more information about the identify command, point your browser  to
       file:///usr/share/doc/imagemagick/www/identify.html		    or
       http://www.imagemagick.org/script/identify.php.

       Run identify -help to get a summary of the identify command  options.

SEE-ALSO
       ImageMagick(1)


COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C)  1999-2005 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights
       and  licenses  apply  to  this	software,   see   http://www.imagemag
       ick.org/script/license.php



ImageMagick		   Date: 2005/03/01 01:00:00		   identify(1)