igrep(1)

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✨ igrep — search images for matching metadata 💖

ok so bestie, let me put you on. this is igrep, from the OpenImageIO fam (manual section 1, obvi). think of it like grep but it's giving… images. you throw a pattern at it, it goes digging through your image files' metadata and tells you which ones match. iconic behavior, fr fr.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

Usage: igrep [options] pattern filename...

so the vibe is: one pattern, then as many filename... as your heart desires. and yeah, the options go before. always before. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this little cutie is part of the OpenImageIO (http://www.openimageio.org) tool suite — you know, the whole squad. 🫶

and if you want the full lore, the detailed documentation ships in pdf format right there with the OpenImageIO distribution. go read it, no cap. 📖✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

okay here's the menu, and yes we're listing every single one because we don't skip. periodt.

  • --help — prints the help message. when you're lost, bestie, just ask. 🥺
  • --version — prints the version and then dips (exits). 👋
  • -i — ignore upper/lower case distinctions. like, don't be so picky about caps. Slay and slay are the same girlie here. 🔥
  • -v — invert match, aka select the files that don't match. the non-matching ones get the spotlight. 🎭
  • -E — the pattern is an extended regular expression. regex girlies, this one's for you. 🧚
  • -f — match against the file name as well as the metadata. two for one, we love a multitasker. 💖
  • -l — list the matching files with no detail. just the names, keep it cute and minimal. 🎀
  • -r — recurse into directories. it goes deeper. 🌀
  • -d — print directories (when recursive). so like, only relevant when you've got -r in the mix. 🗂️
  • -a — search all subimages of each file. every last one, no subimage left behind. 👑
ngl there are no long-form aliases for -i, -v, -E, -f, -l, -r, -d or -a in here — just the short ones, exactly as written. don't go inventing --invert and blaming me. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

hmm, actually the original doesn't list any SEE ALSO refs, so we're keeping it that way — no made-up cross-references on my watch. 🙈

okay that's the whole page, you ate it up 💜 this was igrep(1) from the OpenImageIO suite, dated 05 October 2026, and that's the igrep(1) footer moment — mwah, go grep some metadata, bestie. 🍓✨

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