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Inkscape is a great GUI Vector graphic editors, but can also be used in command line mode.

A command in inkscape is called a 'verb'

Basic usage[]

List available commands, verbs
List all command line options
  • inkscape --usage
Load file
  • inkscape -f FILENAME

Displaying file info[]

Performing Operations[]

--verb (Then the Action)

ex.

--verb EditSelectAll

--verb SelectionUnGroup

--verb EditSelectAll

--verb ObjectToPath

--verb FileSave

--verb FileQuit

Exporting SVG to different formats[]

export to bitmap (png)
  • inkscape -f FILENAME.svg -e FILENAME.png
    loads FILENAME.svg and exports it to FILENAME.png
  • inkscape -f FILENAME.svg -w WIDTH -h HEIGHT -e FILENAME.png
    loads FILENAME.svg and exports it to FILENAME.png with width size, WIDTH, and height size, HEIGHT, in pixels
export to pdf
  • inkscape -f FILENAME.svg -A FILENAME.pdf
    loads FILENAME.svg and exports it to FILENAME.pdf
export to ps
  • inkscape -f FILENAME.svg -P FILENAME.ps
    loads FILENAME.svg and exports it to FILENAME.ps
export to eps
  • inkscape -f FILENAME.svg -E FILENAME.eps
    loads FILENAME.svg and exports it to FILENAME.eps

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