---
name: "ipeextract"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ipe"
version: "7.2.30-1+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ipeextract"
---

# ipeextract(1)

Extract Ipe XML stream from Ipe PDF or EPS files

## NAME

ipeextract - Extract Ipe XML stream from Ipe PDF or EPS files

## SYNOPSIS

**ipeextract** *input-file* \[ *output-file* \]

## DESCRIPTION

**ipeextract** extracts the Ipe XML stream from an Ipe document in PDF or Postscript format generated by any version of Ipe 6 or Ipe 7.

If the *output-file* is not given, **ipeextract** replaces the input file extension by *xml*.

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

**ipeextract** respects the following environment variables:

- **IPEDEBUG**

  set this to 1 for debugging output from **ipeextract**.

## AUTHOR

Otfried Cheong

## REPORTING BUGS

Please report bugs using Ipe bugzilla at *http://ipe.otfried.org/bugzilla.html*

## SEE ALSO

Ipe is documented fully in *The Ipe Manual*, which is available online at *http://ipe.otfried.org/manual/manual.html .*