svgo Command Examples

SVG Optimizer: optimizing Scalable Vector Graphics files. Based in Node.js. It applies a series of transformation rules (plugins), which can be toggled individually. More information: https://github.com/svg/svgo.

• Optimize a file using the default plugins (overwrites the original file):

svgo {{test.svg}}

• Optimize a file and save the result to another file:

svgo {{test.svg}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{test.min.svg}}

• Optimize all SVG files within a directory (overwrites the original files):

svgo {{[-f|--folder]}} {{path/to/directory/with/svg/files}}

• Optimize all SVG files within a directory and save the resulting files to another directory:

svgo {{[-f|--folder]}} {{path/to/input/directory}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output/directory}}

• Optimize SVG content passed from another command, and save the result to a file:

{{cat test.svg}} | svgo {{[-i|--input]}} - {{[-o|--output]}} {{test.min.svg}}

• Optimize a file and print out the result:

svgo {{test.svg}} {{[-o|--output]}} -

• Show available plugins:

svgo --show-plugins