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    display

    WillieBy WillieJanuary 30, 2026Updated:January 30, 2026No Comments10 Mins Read

    NAME

    display – displays an image or image sequence on any X server.  

    SYNOPSIS

    display [options] input-file
     

    OVERVIEW

    The display program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools. Use it to display an image or image sequence on any X server.

    For more information about the display command, point your browser to file:///usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6/www/display.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/display.php.  

    DESCRIPTION

    Image Settings:
      -alpha option        on, activate, off, deactivate, set, opaque, copy
                           transparent, extract, background, or shape
      -antialias           remove pixel-aliasing
      -authenticate value  decrypt image with this password
      -backdrop            display image centered on a backdrop
      -channel type        apply option to select image channels
      -colormap type       Shared or Private
      -colorspace type     alternate image colorspace
      -comment string      annotate image with comment
      -compress type       type of pixel compression when writing the image
      -decipher filename   convert cipher pixels to plain pixels
      -deskew threshold    straighten an image
      -define format:option
                           define one or more image format options
      -delay value         display the next image after pausing
      -density geometry    horizontal and vertical density of the image
      -depth value         image depth
      -display server      display image to this X server
      -dispose method      layer disposal method
      -dither method       apply error diffusion to image
      -endian type         endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image
      -equalize            perform histogram equalization to an image
      -filter type         use this filter when resizing an image
      -format "string"     output formatted image characteristics
      -fuzz distance       colors within this distance are considered equal
      -geometry geometry   preferred size and location of the Image window
      -gravity type        horizontal and vertical backdrop placement
      -identify            identify the format and characteristics of the image
      -immutable           displayed image cannot be modified
      -interlace type      type of image interlacing scheme
      -interpolate method  pixel color interpolation method
      -label string        assign a label to an image
      -limit type value    pixel cache resource limit
      -loop iterations     loop images then exit
      -map type            display image using this Standard Colormap
      -matte               store matte channel if the image has one
      -monitor             monitor progress
      -page geometry       size and location of an image canvas
      -profile filename    add, delete, or apply an image profile
      -quality value       JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level
      -quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
      -quiet               suppress all warning messages
      -regard-warnings     pay attention to warning messages
      -remote command      execute a command in an remote display process
      -repage geometry     size and location of an image canvas (operator)
      -respect-parentheses settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary
      -sampling-factor geometry
                           horizontal and vertical sampling factor
      -scenes range        image scene range
      -seed value          seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
      -set property value  set an image property
      -size geometry       width and height of image
      -support factor      resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp
      -texture filename    name of texture to tile onto the image background
      -transparent-color color
                           transparent color
      -treedepth value     color tree depth
      -update seconds      detect when image file is modified and redisplay
      -verbose             print detailed information about the image
      -visual type         display image using this visual type
      -virtual-pixel method
                           virtual pixel access method
      -window id           display image to background of this window
      -window-group id     exit program when this window id is destroyed
      -write filename      write image to a file

    Image Operators:
      -auto-orient         automatically orient image
      -border geometry     surround image with a border of color
      -clip                clip along the first path from the 8BIM profile
      -clip-path id        clip along a named path from the 8BIM profile
      -colors value        preferred number of colors in the image
      -contrast            enhance or reduce the image contrast
      -crop geometry       preferred size and location of the cropped image
      -despeckle           reduce the speckles within an image
      -edge factor         apply a filter to detect edges in the image
      -enhance             apply a digital filter to enhance a noisy image
      -extract geometry    extract area from image
      -flip                flip image in the vertical direction
      -flop                flop image in the horizontal direction
      -frame geometry      surround image with an ornamental border
      -gamma value         level of gamma correction
      -monochrome          transform image to black and white
      -negate              replace each pixel with its complementary color
      -normalize           transform image to span the full range of colors
      -raise value         lighten/darken image edges to create a 3-D effect
      -resample geometry   change the resolution of an image
      -resize geometry     resize the image
      -roll geometry       roll an image vertically or horizontally
      -rotate degrees      apply Paeth rotation to the image
      -sample geometry     scale image with pixel sampling
      -segment value       segment an image
      -sharpen geometry    sharpen the image
      -strip               strip image of all profiles and comments
      -threshold value     threshold the image
      -thumbnail geometry  create a thumbnail of the image
      -trim                trim image edges

    Image Sequence Operators:
      -coalesce            merge a sequence of images
      -flatten             flatten a sequence of images

    Miscellaneous Options:
      -debug events        display copious debugging information
      -help                print program options
      -log format          format of debugging information
      -list type           print a list of supported option arguments
      -version             print version information

    In addition to those listed above, you can specify these standard X resources as command line options: -background, -bordercolor, -borderwidth, -font, -foreground, -iconGeometry, -iconic, -mattecolor, -name, -shared-memory, -usePixmap, or -title.

    By default, the image format of `file’ is determined by its magic number. To specify a particular image format, precede the filename with an image format name and a colon (i.e. ps:image) or specify the image type as the filename suffix (i.e. image.ps). Specify ‘file’ as ‘-‘ for standard input or output.

    Buttons:
      1    press to map or unmap the Command widget
      2    press and drag to magnify a region of an image
      3    press to load an image from a visual image directory  

    NOTE

    The display program defaults to the X screen resolution. To display vector formats at their intended size, override the default resolution:


      display -density 72 drawing.svg

    COPYRIGHT

    Copyright (C) 1999-2014 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights and licenses apply to this software, see file:///usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6/www/license.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php

    Willie
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    Willie has over 15 years of experience in Linux system administration and DevOps. After managing infrastructure for startups and enterprises alike, he founded Command Linux to share the practical knowledge he wished he had when starting out. He oversees content strategy and contributes guides on server management, automation, and security.

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