---
name: "igrep"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "openimageio-tools"
version: "2.5.18.0+dfsg-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/igrep"
---

# igrep(1)

## NAME

**igrep -- search images for matching metadata**

## SYNOPSIS

```
Usage: igrep [options] pattern filename...
```

## DESCRIPTION

**This program is part of the OpenImageIO (http://www.openimageio.org) tool suite.** **Detailed documentation is available in pdf format with the OpenImageIO** **distribution.**

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  **Print help message**

- **--version**

  **Print version and exit**

- **-i**

  **Ignore upper/lower case distinctions**

- **-v**

  **Invert match (select non-matching files)**

- **-E**

  **Pattern is an extended regular expression**

- **-f**

  **Match against file name as well as metadata**

- **-l**

  **List the matching files (no detail)**

- **-r**

  **Recurse into directories**

- **-d**

  **Print directories (when recursive)**

- **-a**

  **Search all subimages of each file**