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<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>RDWSQCOM</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1D</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class='date'>02 April 2001</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class='source'>NIST</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class='manual'>NFIS Reference Manual</refmiscinfo>
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<refnamediv id='name'>
<refname>rdwsqcom</refname>
<refpurpose>scans a WSQ-encoded image file for any and all comment blocks, printing their contents to standard output.</refpurpose>
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<cmdsynopsis>
  <command>rdwsqcom</command>    
    <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>&lt;imagefile&gt;</replaceable></arg>
    <sbr/>
</cmdsynopsis>
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<refsect1 id='description'><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para><emphasis remap='B'>Rdwsqcom</emphasis>
takes as input a file containing a WSQ-compressed image, and <emphasis remap='I'>without</emphasis>
decoding and reconstructing the image, the utility scans the file for
any and all comment blocks.  As a comment block is encountered, its
contents is printed to standard output.  Comments can be written to
a WSQ file by using the <emphasis remap='B'>wrwsqcom</emphasis> command.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id='options'><title>OPTIONS</title>
<variablelist remap='TP'>
  <varlistentry>
  <term><emphasis remap='I'>&lt;image file&gt;</emphasis></term>
  <listitem>
<para>the input WSQ file to be scanned.</para>

  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>

<refsect1 id='examples'><title>EXAMPLES</title>
<para>From <emphasis remap='I'>test/imgtools/execs/rdwsqcom/rdwsqcom.src</emphasis>:</para>

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<para><emphasis remap='B'>% rdwsqcom finger.wsq &gt; finger.com</emphasis>
prints any comments stored in the WSQ fingerprint file
to an output file.</para>

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<refsect1 id='see_also'><title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para><emphasis remap='B'>cwsq</emphasis>(1D),
<emphasis remap='B'>wrwsqcom</emphasis>(1D)</para>

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<refsect1 id='author'><title>AUTHOR</title>
<para>NIST/ITL/DIV894/Image Group</para>
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