06-22-2010
"The sha-bang (#!) at the head of a script tells your system that this file is a set of commands to be fed to the command interpreter indicated. The #! is actually a two-byte "magic number", a special marker that designates a file type, or in this case an executable shell script [...]"
(Source:
Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide)
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conjure(1) General Commands Manual conjure(1)
NAME
conjure - interprets and executes scripts written in the Magick Scripting Language (MSL).
SYNOPSIS
conjure [options] script.msl
OVERVIEW
The conjure program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools. Use it to process a Magick Scripting Language (MSL) script. The Mag-
ick scripting language (MSL) will primarily benefit those that want to accomplish custom image processing tasks but do not wish to program,
or those that do not have access to a Perl interpreter or a compiler.
For more information about the conjure command, point your browser to file:///usr/share/doc/packages/ImageMagick/www/conjure.html or
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/conjure.php.
DESCRIPTION
Image Settings:
-monitor monitor progress
-quiet suppress all warning messages
-regard-warnings pay attention to warning messages
-seed value seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
-verbose print detailed information about the image
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 additiion, define any key value pairs required by your script. For example,
conjure -size 100x100 -color blue -foo bar script.msl
SEE ALSO
ImageMagick(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1999-2010 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights and licenses apply to this software, see file:///usr/share/doc/pack-
ages/ImageMagick/www/license.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php
ImageMagick Date: 2009/01/10 01:00:00 conjure(1)