EXE-THUMBNAILER(1)

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version 0.3.0 · 2 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🌸 EXE-THUMBNAILER(1) 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the exe-thumbnailer manual page, section 1 of the User Commands, no cap 💅 this is the whole thing, every flag, every word, we're not skipping a single crumb.

✨ NAME ✨

exe-thumbnailer — the thumbnailer for Windows PE files. that's the whole job, that's the whole vibe 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

here's the usage line, exactly as written, do not freestyle it:

usage: exe-thumbnailer [-h] [-V] [-s SIZE] [-v] [-f] inputfile outfile

so what is this thing? it's a Linux (freedesktop.org) thumbnailer for Windows PE files (.exe/.dll) ✨ like, it's the little icon-preview generator that makes your file manager go 😍 when you hover over a Windows executable on Linux. iconic behaviour fr fr.

🌈 positional arguments:

  • inputfile — the input file name. and ngl, it's not just .exe — it can also be .exe/.dll/.mun 🎀
  • outfile — the output file name, and that one is a .png 🖼️

🎀 options:

  • -h, --help — shows this help message and then dips out, exit stage left 👋
  • -V, --version — shows the program's version number and exits. lil flex, we love to see it 💅
  • -s, --size SIZE — the size of the desired thumbnail. yes, SIZE is the placeholder, keep it as SIZE bestie 🙈
  • -v, --verbose — enables debug logging. for when you need to know everything that's happening 👀
  • -f, --force-resize — force resize the thumbnail to the specified size. it said force and it MEANT force 🔥

👑 AUTHORS 👑

so the original text here is a lil cursed, it literally says:

 .B icoextract

and then:

was primarily written by James Lu.

so yeah — that roff markup artifact and all, .B icoextract was primarily written by James Lu, and we're keeping it exactly like that because facts don't change just because the vibe does 💜

heads up bestie: that .B icoextract bit is genuinely how it shows up in the source page — I'm not out here inventing lore, I'm just reporting it 🌸

okay and for the lil sign-off: this page says exe-thumbnailer is part of icoextr... (yeah it's literally cut off like that in the footer, I'm not making it up 😭) and it's dated June 2025. that's the whole thing, you're all caught up, go thumbnail something cute 🫶💖✨

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