---
name: "bardecode"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "exactimage"
version: "1.2.1-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bardecode"
---

# bardecode(1)

barcode recognition tool of the ExactImage toolkit

## NAME

bardecode - barcode recognition tool of the ExactImage toolkit

## SYNOPSIS

**bardecode** \[*option*...\] *file*...

**bardecode** {**-h** \| **--help**}

## DESCRIPTION

ExactImage is a fast C++ image processing library. Unlike many other library frameworks it allows operation in several color spaces and bit depths natively, resulting in low memory and computational requirements.

**bardecode** is a barcode recognition tool.

## OPTIONS

- **-t** *n*, **--threshold** *n*

  Set bi-level threshold value to *n*. The default is 150.

- **-c n**, **--concurrent-lines n**

  Set number of lines that are scanned concurrently. The default is 4.

- **-s** *n*, **--line-skip** *n*

  Set number of lines that are skipped. The default is 8.

- **-d** *n*, **--directions** *n*

  Set bitfield of directions to be scanned:

  0

  none

  1

  left-to-right

  2

  top-down

  4

  right-to-left

  8

  down-top

  15

  any

  The default is 15 (any).

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display help text and exit.

## EXAMPLES

```
$ bardecode files/*
files/1.tif: XDM152EU-U [type: code39 at: (1094,392)]
files/2.tif: 471186080198 [type: ean13 at: (1148,32)]
files/3.tif: 06396500104997 [type: code128 at: (578,83)]
```

## SEE ALSO

[**exactimage**(7)](/exactimage/7.md)

## AUTHORS

**Jakub Wilk** \<jwilk@debian.org\>

Wrote this manual page for the Debian system.

**https://exactcode.com/opensource/exactimage/**

This manual page incorporates texts found on the ExactImage homepage.

## COPYRIGHT

This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by others).

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or (at your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.