---
name: "ocrfeeder-cli"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ocrfeeder"
version: "0.8.5-11"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ocrfeeder-cli"
---

# ocrfeeder-cli(1)

command line interface for OCRFeeder, a document layout analysis and optical character recognition system.

## NAME

ocrfeeder-cli - command line interface for OCRFeeder, a document layout analysis and optical character recognition system.

## SYNOPSIS

**ocrfeeder-cli** *\[OPTIONS\]*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **ocrfeeder-cli** command.

**OCRFeeder** Given the images it will automatically outline its contents, distinguish  between what's graphics and text and perform OCR over the latter. It generates  multiple formats being its main one ODT.

## OPTIONS

### Generic program information

- **--version**

  Show program version number and exit

- **-h***,* **--help**

  Show help message and exit

### Required options

- **-o** *OUTPUT\_FILE,* **--output=***OUTPUT\_FILE*

  Name for the generated file

### Other options

- **-i** *IMAGE1 \[IMAGE2 ...\],* **--images=***IMAGE1 \[IMAGE2 ...\]*

  Images to be recognized

- **-f** *FORMAT,* **--format=***FORMAT*

  Format for the generated document: PDF, HTML, ODT, TXT or SPDF (searchable PDF)

- **-e** *ENGINE,* **--engine=***ENGINE*

  The OCR engine to be used. Options are: GOCR or Ocrad

- **-l** *LANGUAGE,* **--language=***LANGUAGE*

  The language according to the ISO-639-1. For example "pt" for Portuguese or "en" for English

- **--window-size=***WINDOW\_SIZE*

  Desired window size of OCRFeeder's segmentation algorithm. If  this option is not used, the window size will be calculated automatically

## FOLDERS

- *~/.config/ocrfeeder/engines/*

  Folder to hold the engines' configuration files

## SEE ALSO

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

## AUTHOR

This manpage has been written by Joaquim Rocha \<me@joaquimrocha.com\> and Alberto Garcia \<agarcia@igalia.com\>