STIFF(1)

📦 version 2.4.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💅 STIFF — the stiff command, manual section 1

okay bestie, gather round, because this little icon converts your science-y FITS images into something the rest of the world can actually open. yes, we're talking STIFF, manual page 1. she's short, she's sweet, she does exactly one thing and she does it gorgeously. let's go 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

stiff — convert scientific FITS images to TIFF format

like… that's it. that's the whole job. and she ate. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

stiff <fits_image1> [<fits_image2> <fits_image3>]
       [-c <Configuration_file>] [-<keyword> <value> ...]

stiff -d

so you hand her a FITS image, optionally two or three more besties, you can drop in a config file with -c, and you can override literally any keyword with -<keyword> <value>. orrrr you just do stiff -d and she dumps you a whole default config. main character behaviour, honestly 👑

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so STIFF is the program that takes your scientific FITS images and converts them into the way more popular TIFF format — in 8 bits per pixel (grayscale) or 24 bits per pixel (true colour). pick your fighter. 💅

for more deets, the site is right there: http://astromatic.net/software/stiff

🔥 Operation modes 🔥

these are the little switches that tell her what mood she's in:

  • -h, --help — prints this help, then exits. she's like "here's the tea, bye" ☕
  • -V, --version — prints the version number, then exits. humble brag, deserved ✨
  • -d, --dump — dumps out a default configuration file. a whole starter pack, gifted to you, no cap 🎁

📖 MANUAL 📖

the full documentation for STIFF lives as a PDF manual and it's waiting for you at http://astromatic.net/software/stiff

go read it, bestie, it's giving thorough 🧚

🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

found a bug? first of all, my condolences 😭 second of all, please report it to the STIFF software forum at http://astromatic.net/forum. they wanna know. fr fr.

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

your extended friend group:

all icons, all slaying, all in the same little astro family 🌈

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Written by Emmanuel Bertin (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris). we stan a legend 🫶

📜 LICENSE 📜

STIFF is licensed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL), version 3. open source royalty, periodt 💜

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

okay so real talk, no cap, zero warranty. like none. not even the obvious ones. she's free and she's yours but she comes as-is, and that's the deal 💀

and that's the whole page, bestie — go convert something beautiful 🦋✨💖

this has been STIFF 2.4.0, brought to you by February 2014 — yeah she's been iconic for a minute and she's not slowing down 💅🎀

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