GEGL(1) GEGL library manual page

DESCRIPTION

usage: gegl [options] <file | -- [op [op] ..]>
Options:
-h, --help
this help information
--list-all
list all known operations
--exists
return 0 if the operation(s) exist
--properties
output the properties (name, type, description) of the operation
-i, --file
read xml from named file
-x, --xml
use xml provided in next argument
--dot
output a graphviz graph description
-o, --output
output generated image to named file, type based on extension.
-p
increment frame counters of various elements when processing is done.
-s scale, --scale scale
scale output dimensions by this factor.
-X
output the XML that was read in
-v, --verbose
print diagnostics while running

All parameters following -- are considered ops to be chained together into a small composition instead of using an xml file, this allows for easy testing of filters. Be aware that the default value will be used for all properties.

unknown parameter '--version' giving you help instead

usage: gegl [options] <file | -- [op [op] ..]>

Options:
-h, --help
this help information
--list-all
list all known operations
--exists
return 0 if the operation(s) exist
--properties
output the properties (name, type, description) of the operation
-i, --file
read xml from named file
-x, --xml
use xml provided in next argument
--dot
output a graphviz graph description
-o, --output
output generated image to named file, type based on extension.
-p
increment frame counters of various elements when processing is done.
-s scale, --scale scale
scale output dimensions by this factor.
-X
output the XML that was read in
-v, --verbose
print diagnostics while running

All parameters following -- are considered ops to be chained together into a small composition instead of using an xml file, this allows for easy testing of filters. Be aware that the default value will be used for all properties.