showriff(1)

💅 showriff — bestie's guide to peeking inside RIFF files 💅

okay so. you've got a .wav. you've got an .avi. you know there's a whole structure in there, chunks inside chunks like a russian doll but make it media file. and you want to see it. that's showriff. that's the whole job. she's a General Commands Manual girlie and she's here to spill the tea on your file's internals. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

showriff — show structure of RIFF files (wav, avi, ...) 💖

like, literally. she shows the structure. no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

showriff [ options ] filename

one filename, any number of options, that's the whole vibe. 🦋

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so showriff displays the structure of RIFF files. that's it, that's the mission, and she ate. 💅

and if you're like "bestie what even is a RIFF file" — the common media files that use the RIFF format are wave-files and avi-movies. so if you've ever had a .wav or an .avi and wondered what's actually going on in there, this is your girl. 🔥

💜 OPTIONS 💜

• -h — display help text. classic. iconic. every program has one, and yes, you should read it. 🙈
• -j — try to decode mjpeg headers. going full detective mode on those mjpeg headers. 🔍
• -e — try to continue on errors. the "we do not perceive it, we move on" option. errors happen, she simply keeps going. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• c't 11/1994, page 327 ff. (german computer mag) 📖✨

yes bestie, a german computer magazine from 1994. the lore is deep. iykyk.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org> — the legend, the main character, the one who wrote it. 💖

🧚 COPYRIGHT 🧚

• 1994 UP-Vision Computergrafik
• 1998-2000 Gerd Knorr

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

translation: she's free, she's hopeful, she promises nothing. as she should. 💅

and that's the whole page bestie!! mwah 🎀✨💖

sign-off moment: (c) 1994 UP-Vision Computergrafik, 1998-2000 Gerd Knorr — showriff(1) 🦋🌸💜