ISO-READ(1)

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version 2.4.0 · 9 versions
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💿 iso-read(1) — aka the little tool that yoinks files out of an ISO image

okay so bestie, listen. this is iso-read, a genuine User Command, and it does exactly one (1) thing but it does it flawlessly: it reaches into an ISO 9660 image and pulls out the bits you asked for. it's giving "surgical extraction" and honestly? obsessed. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

iso-read — reads portions of an ISO 9660 image 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

iso-read [OPTION...]

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. options only, no positional args, no cap. ✨

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so here's the tea — every single one of these flags, and yes we're going through all of them because nobody gets left behind:

  • -d, --debug=INT — set debugging to LEVEL. yes, INT, and yes, LEVEL is the word they used, i'm just the messenger 🫶
  • -i, --image=FILE — read from ISO-9660 image. this option is mandatory. like, mandatory mandatory. no image, no party. 😭
  • -e, --extract=FILE — extract FILE from the ISO-9660 image. also mandatory bestie, you have to tell it what to grab 💀
  • -k, --ignore — ignore read error(s), i.e. keep going. she's resilient. she's unbothered. she's pushing through 🔥
  • --no-header — don't display header and copyright (for regression testing). adorable, deeply specific, iconic 🧚
  • -o, --output-file=FILE — output file. this option is mandatory. three mandatory options, it's giving strict parents 🙈
  • -U, --udf — contents are in UDF format. different format, same energy 💜
  • -V, --version — display version and copyright information and exit. a little goodbye kiss 👑

🩷 Help options:

  • -?, --help — show this help message. the classic. the blueprint ⭐
  • --usage — display brief usage message. short & sweet, lowkey minimal 🌈

🌼 AUTHOR 🌼

Rocky Bernstein <rocky@gnu.org> — absolute main character, thank him for your life 💖

Copyright © 2003-2005, 2007-2008, 2011-2015, 2017, 2025-2026 R. Bernstein

this is free software; see the source for copying conditions. there is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

and then the program just... says these things, verbatim:

Have driver: GNU/Linux ioctl and MMC driver
Have driver: cdrdao (TOC) disk image driver
Have driver: bin/cuesheet disk image driver
Have driver: Nero NRG disk image driver
No CD-ROM device found.

the last one is sending me ngl — she's telling you about every driver she's got and then hits you with "no CD-ROM device found." brutal. 💀😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

  • iso-info(1) — for information about an ISO-9660 image. the gossip, not the goods 👀
  • cd-read(1) — to read portions of an ISO 9660 image. same energy, different disc 💿
ngl bestie, three whole mandatory options (-i, -e, -o) means you literally cannot run this without saying which image, which file, and where it goes. no shortcuts. periodt. 💅

okay that's the whole page, you ate it up, i'm so proud 🫶 — this little gem is iso-read version 2.4.0 x86_64-..., dated August 2026, in section ISO-READ(1) of the manual. go extract something iconic. 🍓✨

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