gimp Command Examples

GNU image manipulation program. See also: krita. More information: https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-fire-up.html#gimp-concepts-running-command-line.

• Start GIMP:

gimp

• Open specific files:

gimp {{path/to/image1 path/to/image2 ...}}

• Open specific files in a new window:

gimp --new-instance {{path/to/image1 path/to/image2 ...}}

• Start without a splash screen:

gimp --no-splash

• Print errors and warnings to the console instead of showing them in a dialog box:

gimp --console-messages

• Enable debugging signal handlers:

gimp --debug-handlers