COVERDUMP(1)

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version 3.1.1 · 4 versions
, in ubuntu questing

✨ coverdump — bestie's guide to snatching cover art ✨

okay so real talk, the manual name is coverdump (section 1, the user commands girlies) and it is literally the cover image extractor. let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

coverdump — extracts cover images to files

like. that's it. that's the whole job. she extracts, she dumps, she serves. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

coverdump [OPTIONS] <track>

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea, bestie: coverdump takes an audio track — yes, one (1) singular track — and it extracts all of its embedded cover images out into individual files. not one file, not a collage, individual files. every single embedded image gets its own little moment. main character energy for each and every one of them 👑

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

  • -h, --help — shows you a list of options and then dips. exit stage left. that's all she does 🫶
  • -d, --dir=DIRECTORY — the target directory where the extracted image files go. and if you don't give her one? no worries bestie, she just uses the current working directory, nbd ✨
  • -p, --prefix=PREFIX — a string that gets prefixed onto each extracted image file. so you can name your lil babies whatever you want 💅
  • -V, --verbose=VERBOSITY — the level of output to display. you choose between 'normal', 'quiet' and 'debug'. pick your vibe, queen 👑

🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

extract the cover art embedded in track.flac to the images/ directory:

coverdump track.flac -d images/

see? iconic. effortless. ate and left no crumbs 😭🔥

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

audiotools-config(1), audiotools.cfg(5), cdda2track(1), cddainfo(1), cddaplay(1), covertag(1), coverview(1), dvda2track(1), dvdainfo(1), track2cdda(1), track2track(1), trackcat(1), trackcmp(1), trackinfo(1), tracklength(1), tracklint(1), trackplay(1), trackrename(1), tracksplit(1), tracktag(1), trackverify(1)

(the whole audiotools friend group fr fr, they all show up together iykyk 💜)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Brian Langenberger

and that's the whole page bestie!! this one's from the 2025-03-10 era, the Cover Image Extractor edition, and honestly? she ate. go forth and dump some covers, you've got this 🧚💖✨

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