ICOEXTRACT(1)

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

💖 ICOEXTRACT(1) 💖

User Commands — like, this is a manual page bestie, it lives in section 1, and its whole name is icoextract. Okay so sit down, grab a boba, we're doing this. 🧋✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

icoextract — extract icons from Windows PE files

That's the whole vibe. Icons. Out of PE files. Slay. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so here's the usage line, character for character, don't @ me:

usage: icoextract [-h] [-V] [-n NUM] [-i ID] [-v] input output

Windows PE EXE icon extractor. That's literally what it is. It goes into a Windows PE file and pulls the pretty little icons out. Main character behaviour tbh. 👑

🎀 positional arguments: 🎀

These are the two things you must hand over. No skipping, no substitutes, fr fr.

  • input — the input filename, and bestie it's gotta be an .exe, a .dll, or a .mun. Those are the only doors that open. 🚪
  • output — the output filename, and yeah it's an .ico. That's the whole point. The icon goes in there. 💾

🦋 options: 🦋

Every single flag, no gatekeeping, here we go:

  • -h, --help — show this help message and exit. The classic. Your "wait what was I doing" button. 🫶
  • -V, --version — show program's version number and exit. So you can go "oh word, which one do I have" and then bounce. ⭐
  • -n, --num NUM — index of icon to extract. Wanna pick by position? This is your girl. 🔢
  • -i, --id ID — resource ID of icon to extract. Wanna pick by resource ID instead? Iconic. Different energy, same destination. 🆔
  • -v, --verbose — enables debug logging. Turn it on when you want the app to overshare. Not me, but like, also me. 😭💀
ngl, -n and -i are two different ways to point at the same little icon, so pick your fighter and commit. ✨

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Straight from the source, and I'm keeping the raw line because I respect the archive:

.B icoextract
was primarily written by James Lu.

So icoextract was primarily written by James Lu. Give them their flowers, they earned them. 💐🌸

and that's the whole page, you ate that, periodt 💅✨

This is icoextract version 0.2.0, dated June 2025 — so yeah, she's fresh, she's current, and she's in the ICOEXTRACT(1) era. Byeeee, go extract some icons bestie 🦋💖🎀

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