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<p>Use the <kbd>display</kbd> program to display an image or image sequence on any X server. See <a href="../www/command-line-processing.html">Command Line Processing</a> for advice on how to structure your <kbd>display</kbd> command or see below for example usages of the command.</p>
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<h2><a name="usage"></a>Example Usage</h2>
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<p>We list a few examples of the <kbd>display</kbd> command here to illustrate its usefulness and ease of use. To get started, lets display an image in the JPEG format:</p>
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display rose.jpg
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<p>To tile a slate texture onto the root window, use:</p>
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display -size 1280x1024 -window root slate.png
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<p>To display a visual image directory of all your JPEG images, use:</p>
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display ’vid:*.jpg’
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<p>You can find additional examples of using <kbd>display</kbd> in <a href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-graf/?ca=dnt-428" target="1992059019">Graphics from the Command Line</a>. Further discussion is available in <a href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-graf2/?ca=dgr-lnxw15GraphicsLine" target="1348903691">More Graphics from the Command Line</a> and <a href="http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/graphics/imagick6" target="1560516707">Examples of ImageMagick Usage</a>.</p>
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<h2><a name="options"></a>Option Summary</h2>
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<p>The <kbd>display</kbd> command recognizes these options. Click on an option to get more details about how that option works.</p>
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<th align="left">Description</th>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#antialias" target="magick-options">-antialias</a></td>
<td>remove pixel-aliasing</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#authenticate" target="magick-options">-authenticate <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
<td>decrypt image with this password</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#backdrop" target="magick-options">-backdrop</a></td>
<td>background color</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#background" target="magick-options">-background <em class="option">color</em></a></td>
<td>background color</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#border" target="magick-options">-border <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>surround image with a border of color</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#bordercolor" target="magick-options">-bordercolor <em class="option">color</em></a></td>
<td>border color</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#channel" target="magick-options">-channel <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
<td>apply option to select image channels</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#clip" target="magick-options">-clip</a></td>
<td>clip along the first path from the 8BIM profile</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#clip-path" target="magick-options">-clip-path <em class="option">id</em></a></td>
<td>clip along a named path from the 8BIM profile</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#coalesce" target="magick-options">-coalesce</a></td>
<td>merge a sequence of images</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#colormap" target="magick-options">-colormap <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
<td>Shared or Private</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#colors" target="magick-options">-colors <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
<td>preferred number of colors in the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#colorspace" target="magick-options">-colorspace <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
<td>alternate image colorspace</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#comment" target="magick-options">-comment <em class="option">string</em></a></td>
<td>annotate image with comment</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#compress" target="magick-options">-compress <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
<td>image compression type</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#contrast" target="magick-options">-contrast</a></td>
<td>enhance or reduce the image contrast</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#crop" target="magick-options">-crop <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>preferred size and location of the cropped image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#debug" target="magick-options">-debug <em class="option">events</em></a></td>
<td>display copious debugging information</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#define" target="magick-options">-define <em class="option">format:option</em></a></td>
<td>define one or more image format options</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#delay" target="magick-options">-delay <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
<td>display the next image after pausing</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#density" target="magick-options">-density <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>horizontal and vertical density of the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#depth" target="magick-options">-depth <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
<td>image depth</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#despeckle" target="magick-options">-despeckle</a></td>
<td>reduce the speckles within an image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#display" target="magick-options">-display <em class="option">server</em></a></td>
<td>get image or font from this X server</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#dispose" target="magick-options">-dispose <em class="option">method</em></a></td>
<td>GIF disposal method</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#dither" target="magick-options">-dither</a></td>
<td>apply Floyd/Steinberg error diffusion to image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#edge" target="magick-options">-edge <em class="option">radius</em></a></td>
<td>apply a filter to detect edges in the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#endian" target="magick-options">-endian <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
<td>endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#enhance" target="magick-options">-enhance</a></td>
<td>apply a digital filter to enhance a noisy image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#extract" target="magick-options">-extract <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>extract area from image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#filter" target="magick-options">-filter <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
<td>use this filter when resizing an image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#flatten" target="magick-options">-flatten</a></td>
<td>flatten a sequence of images</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#flip" target="magick-options">-flip</a></td>
<td>flip image in the vertical direction</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#flop" target="magick-options">-flop</a></td>
<td>flop image in the horizontal direction</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#frame" target="magick-options">-frame <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>surround image with an ornamental border</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#gamma" target="magick-options">-gamma <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
<td>level of gamma correction</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#geometry" target="magick-options">-geometry <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>preferred size or location of the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#help" target="magick-options">-help</a></td>
<td>print program options</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#identify" target="magick-options">–identify</a></td>
<td>identify the format and characteristics of the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#immutable" target="magick-options">-immutable <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
<td>prohibit image edits</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#interlace" target="magick-options">-interlace <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
<td>type of image interlacing scheme</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#label" target="magick-options">-label <em class="option">name</em></a></td>
<td>assign a label to an image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#limit" target="magick-options">-limit <em class="option">type value</em></a></td>
<td>pixel cache resource limit</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#log" target="magick-options">-log <em class="option">format</em></a></td>
<td>format of debugging information</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#map" target="magick-options">-map <em class="option">filename</em></a></td>
<td>transform image colors to match this set of colors</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#matte" target="magick-options">-matte</a></td>
<td>store matte channel if the image has one</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#mattecolor" target="magick-options">-mattecolor <em class="option">color</em></a></td>
<td>frame color</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#monitor" target="magick-options">-monitor</a></td>
<td>monitor progress</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#monochrome" target="magick-options">-monochrome</a></td>
<td>transform image to black and white</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#negate" target="magick-options">-negate</a></td>
<td>replace every pixel with its complementary color </td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#page" target="magick-options">-page <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>size and location of an image canvas (setting)</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#profile" target="magick-options">-profile <em class="option">filename</em></a></td>
<td>add, delete, or apply an image profile</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#quiet" target="magick-options">-quiet</a></td>
<td>suppress all error or warning messages</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#raise" target="magick-options">-raise <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
<td>lighten/darken image edges to create a 3-D effect</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#remote" target="magick-options">-remote <em class="option">command</em></a></td>
<td>execute a command in an remote display process</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#resize" target="magick-options">-resize <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>resize the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#roll" target="magick-options">-roll <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>roll an image vertically or horizontally</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#rotate" target="magick-options">-rotate <em class="option">degrees</em></a></td>
<td>apply Paeth rotation to the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#sample" target="magick-options">-sample <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>scale image with pixel sampling</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#sampling-factor" target="magick-options">-sampling-factor <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>horizontal and vertical sampling factor</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#scene" target="magick-options">-scene <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
<td>image scene number</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#segment" target="magick-options">-segment <em class="option">values</em></a></td>
<td>segment an image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#set" target="magick-options">-set <em class="option">attribute value</em></a></td>
<td>set an image attribute</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#sharpen" target="magick-options">-sharpen <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>sharpen the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#size" target="magick-options">-size <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>width and height of image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#strip" target="magick-options">-strip</a></td>
<td>strip image of all profiles and comments</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#support" target="magick-options">-support <em class="option">factor</em></a></td>
<td>resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#trim" target="magick-options">-trim</a></td>
<td>trim image edges</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#update" target="magick-options">-update <em class="option">seconds</em></a></td>
<td>detect when image file is modified and redisplay</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#verbose" target="magick-options">-verbose</a></td>
<td>print detailed information about the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#version" target="magick-options">-version</a></td>
<td>print version information</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#virtual-pixel" target="magick-options">-virtual-pixel <em class="option">method</em></a></td>
<td>access method for pixels outside the boundaries of the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#visual" target="magick-options">-visual</a></td>
<td>display image using this visual type</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#write" target="magick-options">-window <em class="option">id</em></a></td>
<td>display image to background of this window</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#write" target="magick-options">-window-group <em class="option">id</em></a></td>
<td>exit program when this window id is destroyed</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#write" target="magick-options">-write <em class="option">filename</em></a></td>
<td>write images to this file</td>
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