---
name: "cv"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "radiance"
version: "4R1+20120125-1+b1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cv"
---

# cv(1)

convert between metafile formats

## NAME

cv - convert between metafile formats

## SYNOPSIS

**cv** \[ -r \]\[ file .. \]

## DESCRIPTION

*Cv* reads each human readable metafile *file* in sequence and converts it to a binary form. If the option *-r* is specified, the reverse conversion is performed.

If no input files are specified, the standard input is read.

## EXAMPLE

To convert the binary file meta.bin to its human-readable equivalent, and put the result in meta.human

-

  cv -r meta.bin \> meta.human

## AUTHOR

Greg Ward

## SEE ALSO

[meta(3)](/meta/3.md), [metafile(5)](/metafile/5.md), [pexpand(1)](/pexpand/1.md), [psort(1)](/psort/1.md)