---
name: "cuebreakpoints"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cuetools"
version: "1.4.1-6"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cuebreakpoints"
---

# cuebreakpoints(1)

report track breakpoints from a CUE or TOC file

## NAME

cuebreakpoints - report track breakpoints from a CUE or TOC file

## SYNOPSIS

**cuebreakpoints** \[ { **-i** *format* \| **--input-format**=*format* } { **--append-gaps** \| **--prepend-gaps** \| **--split-gaps** } \] \[ *file* ... \]\
 **cuebreakpoints -h \| --help**\
 **cuebreakpoints -V \| --version**

## DESCRIPTION

**cuebreakpoints** reports the track breakpoints found in CUE and TOC files, which are typically created by compact disc ripping software. The breakpoints are in a format usable by **shnsplit** (part of the shntool package).

Three approaches to track pregaps are available: append (to previous track), prepend (to succeeding track), and split (from both preceding and succeeding tracks). The split approach can result in up to twice as many breakpoints being reported as there are tracks on the disc.

The first track's pregap cannot be appended to the previous track, so it is prefixed to the track in both append and prepend modes. If you want the track without it, use the **--split-gaps** option.

If no filenames are specified, **cuebreakpoints** reads from standard input, and an input format option *must* be specified. If one or more filenames is provided, but the input format option is not specified, the input format will be guessed based on each file's suffix (e.g., *.cue* or *.toc*). This heuristic is case-insensitive.

## OPTIONS

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

  displays a usage message and exits.

- **-i** *format*, **--input-format=*format***

  sets the expected format of the input file(s) to *format*, which must be either **cue** or **toc**.

- **--append-gaps**

  appends pregaps to the end of the previous track. This is the default.

- **--prepend-gaps**

  prefixes pregaps to the beginning of each subsequent track.

- **--split-gaps**

  separates pregaps from both the preceding and succeeding tracks.

- **-V, --version**

  displays version information and exits.

If more than one of **--append-gaps**, **--prepend-gaps**, and **--split-gaps** are specified, all except the last encountered are ignored.

## EXIT STATUS

**cuebreakpoints** exits with status zero if it successfully generates a report for each input file, and nonzero if there were problems.

## AUTHOR

Cuetools was written by Svend Sorensen. Branden Robinson contributed fixes and enhancements to the utilities and documentation.

## SEE ALSO

[**cueconvert**(1)](/cueconvert/1.md), [**cueprint**(1)](/cueprint/1.md)