---
name: "cd-read"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libcdio"
version: "2.4.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cd-read"
---

# cd-read(1)

reads Information from a CD or CD-image

## NAME

cd-read - reads Information from a CD or CD-image

## SYNOPSIS

**cd-read** \[*OPTION*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

- **-a**, **--access-mode**=*STRING*

  Set CD control access mode

- **-m**, **--mode**=*MODE-TYPE*

  set CD-ROM read mode (audio, m1f1, m1f2, m2mf1, m2f2)

- **-d**, **--debug**=*INT*

  Set debugging to LEVEL

- **-x**, **--hexdump**

  Show output as a hex dump. The default is a hex dump when output goes to stdout and no hex dump when output is to a file.

- **-j**, **--just-hex**

  Don't display printable chars on hex dump. The default is print chars too.

- **--no-header**

  Don't display header and copyright (for regression testing)

- **--no-hexdump**

  Don't show output as a hex dump.

- **-s**, **--start**=*INT*

  Set LBA to start reading from

- **-e**, **--end**=*INT*

  Set LBA to end reading from

- **-n**, **--number**=*INT*

  Set number of sectors to read

- **-b**, **--bin-file**\[=*FILE*\]

  set "bin" CD-ROM disk image file as source

- **-c**, **--cue-file**\[=*FILE*\]

  set "cue" CD-ROM disk image file as source

- **-i**, **--input**\[=*FILE*\]

  set source and determine if "bin" image or device

- **-C**, **--cdrom-device**\[=*DEVICE*\]

  set CD-ROM device as source

- **-N**, **--nrg-file**\[=*FILE*\]

  set Nero CD-ROM disk image file as source

- **-t**, **--toc-file**\[=*FILE*\]

  set "TOC" CD-ROM disk image file as source

- **-o**, **--output-file**=*FILE*

  Output blocks to file rather than give a hexdump.

- **-V**, **--version**

  display version and copyright information and exit

### Help options:

- \-?, **--help**

  Show this help message

- **--usage**

  Display brief usage message

## AUTHOR

Rocky Bernstein \<rocky@gnu.org\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2003-2005, 2007-2008, 2011-2015, 2017, 2025-2026 R. Bernstein\
 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Have driver: GNU/Linux ioctl and MMC driver Have driver: cdrdao (TOC) disk image driver Have driver: bin/cuesheet disk image driver Have driver: Nero NRG disk image driver No CD-ROM device found.

## SEE ALSO

`cd-info(1)` for information about a CD; `cd-drive(1)` for CD-ROM characteristics; `iso-read(1)` for information about an ISO-9660 image.