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by deflate
2018-03-31T04:28:53-07:00
Forum: Bugs
Topic: IM 7 command-line tools don't understand the -- option
Replies: 3
Views: 6558

Re: IM 7 command-line tools don't understand the -- option

"--" is the standard unix way of telling a program that there will be no "-X" or "--XXX" (replace X and XXX with any letter/word) options after it. Sometimes filenames start with a hyphen, so "--" is essential to prevent confusion.
by deflate
2018-03-31T04:21:07-07:00
Forum: Bugs
Topic: IM 7 command-line tools don't understand the -- option
Replies: 3
Views: 6558

IM 7 command-line tools don't understand the -- option

$ identify -ping -- image.jpg identify: unrecognized option `--' @ error/identify.c/IdentifyImageCommand/920. IM 6.x did. $ identify --version Version: ImageMagick 7.0.7-19 Q16 x86_64 2018-03-17 http://www.imagemagick.org Copyright: © 1999-2018 ImageMagick Studio LLC License: http://www.imagemagick...