pngcheck Command Examples

Print detailed information about and verify PNG, JNG, and MNG files. More information: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/apps/pngcheck.html.

• Print a summary for an image (width, height, and color depth):

pngcheck {{path/to/image.png}}

• Print information for an image with [c]olorized output:

pngcheck -c {{path/to/image.png}}

• Print [v]erbose information for an image:

pngcheck -cvt {{path/to/image.png}}

• Receive an image from stdin and display detailed information:

cat {{path/to/image.png}} | pngcheck -cvt

• [s]earch for PNGs within a specific file and display information about them:

pngcheck -s {{path/to/image.png}}

• Search for PNGs within another file and e[x]tract them:

pngcheck -x {{path/to/image.png}}