---
name: "drumstick-dumprmi"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "drumstick"
version: "2.11.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/drumstick-dumprmi"
---

# drumstick-dumprmi(1)

A Drumstick command line utility for decoding RIFF MIDI files.

## NAME

drumstick-dumprmi - A Drumstick command line utility for decoding RIFF MIDI files.

## SYNOPSIS

**drumstick-dumprmi** \[options\] {FILE}

## DESCRIPTION

This program is a Drumstick example and utility program. You can use it to decode a RIFF MIDI file as text, or to extract the embedded data to standard MIDI and DLS files.

## ARGUMENTS

The following argument is required:

**FILE**

The name of the input RMI.

The following arguments are optional:

**-h\|--help**

Prints a summary of the command-line options and exit.

**-v\|--version**

Prints the program version number and exit.

**-e\|--extract**

Extracts the embedded data to a separate Standard MIDI file, and to a DLS file.

## LICENSE

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation, considering as source code any files used for the production of this manpage.

## SEE ALSO

[**drumstick-dumpsmf**(1)](/drumstick-dumpsmf/1.md), [**drumstick-dumpwrk**(1)](/drumstick-dumpwrk/1.md)

## AUTHOR

**Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas** \<plcl@users.sf.net\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2010-2024 Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas\