dcmftest - Test if file uses DICOM part 10 format
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Copyright (C) 1997-2024 by OFFIS e.V., Escherweg 2, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany.
Version 3.6.9 Wed Feb 19 2025 21:30:57 dcmftest(1)
Description
The dcmftest utility checks whether the files specified on the command line are DICOM files in part 10
format (with meta-header).
Name
dcmftest - Test if file uses DICOM part 10 format
Notes
All files specified on the command line are checked for the presence of the DICOM 'magic word' 'DICM' at
byte position 128. No attempt is made to parse the complete data set. For each file the test result is
printed to stdout in the form 'yes: <filename>\n' or 'no: <filename>\n'. The utility terminates with a
return code corresponding to the number of files found to be non-DICOM, i.e. if all files pass as DICOM
files, the return value is 0. This behavior is intended for use in shell script programming.
Parameters
dcmfile-in DICOM input filename to be checked
See Also
dcmgpdir(1), dcmmkdir(1)
Synopsis
dcmftest file...
