TIFFSPLIT(1)

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version 4.7.2 · 17 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 tiffsplit — the LibTIFF era 💖

okay bestie, so this is the tiffsplit page from the LibTIFF manual, and it's genuinely so simple it's kind of iconic. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

tiffsplit — split a multi-image TIFF into single-image TIFF files. like, one big TIFF goes in, a lil squad of lil TIFFs comes out. that's the whole gig. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

tiffsplit src.tif [ prefix ]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the vibe: tiffsplit takes a multi-directory (page) TIFF file and creates one or more single-directory (page) TIFF files out of it. it's giving "divide and conquer" fr fr. 🦋

the output files get names made by smashing together a prefix, a lexically ordered suffix in the range [aaa--zzz], and then the suffix .tif. so you end up with stuff like xaaa.tif, xaab.tif, …, all the way to xzzz.tif. adorable, honestly.

and if you don't hand it a prefix on the command line? no stress, it just uses the default prefix of x. the way that it just defaults for you… 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • none. — literally zero. no flags, no toggles, no nothing. it's a minimal queen and she knows it. 👑

✨ EXIT STATUS ✨

tiffsplit bails out with one of these values, and bestie you should lowkey check it:

  • 0 — success!! we ate. 🎉
  • 1 — an error occurred either reading the input or writing results. 😭 something went sideways on the way in or the way out.

✨ BUGS ✨

only a select set of "known tags" are copied when splitting. so heads up — not every tag makes the journey to the new files. it's giving "some of y'all are coming, some of y'all aren't." 💀

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

  • tiffcp (1)
  • tiffinfo (1)
  • libtiff (3tiff)

go give the rest of the family some love too, they're all part of the same friend group 🫶

✨ AUTHOR ✨

LibTIFF contributors — the collective. the group chat. the whole team. 🌈

1988-2025, LibTIFF contributors. yeah, that's a long-running legacy, and honestly? iconic. 👑

anyway that's the whole page, bestie!! stay splitting, stay slay, and remember: check that exit status. 🌸

this was the LibTIFF manual, version 4.7, dated Jun 27, 2026 — mwah, bye!! 💜🧚

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