---
name: "dctable_decompressingprn"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dicom3tools"
version: "1.00~20240118131615-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dctable_decompressingprn"
---

# dctable\_decompressingprn(1)

ACR/NEMA DICOM PS3 ... DICOM PS3 - Make tables of attribute values

## NAME

dctable\_decompressingprn - ACR/NEMA DICOM PS3 ... DICOM PS3 - Make tables of attribute values

## SYNOPSIS

**dctable\_decompressingprn** " inputfile1 \[ inputfile2 ... \]" \[ **-ignorereaderrors** \] \[ **-v\|verbose** \] \[ **-r\|recurse** \] \[ **-describe** \] \[ **-nofilename** \] \[ **-noembeddedquotes\|decimal** \] \[ **-key\|k  elementname\|(0xgggg,0xeeee) \] ...** \[ **-input-nometa** \] \[ **-input-ts  uid** \] \[ **-input-default** \] \[ **-input-byteorder\|-input-endian  big\|little** \] \[ **-input-vr  implicit\|explicit** \]

## DESCRIPTION

**dctable** reads the named (possibly bzip2 compressed) dicom input files and creates a tab delimited table of the values of the selected attributes, with each value enclosed in double quotes.

## OPTIONS

The table of attribute values go to standard output, and the verbose output and errors go to standard error.

The input switches are described in [dctable(1)](/dctable/1.md).

## ENVIRONMENT

## FILES

## SEE ALSO

**[dctable(1)](/dctable/1.md)**

## AUTHOR

Copyright (c) 1993-2023, David A. Clunie DBA PixelMed Publishing. All rights reserved.