---
name: "rotate"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "jigl"
version: "2.0.1+20060126-8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rotate"
---

# rotate(1)

Rotate, mirror, and transpose JPEG images (losslessly whenever possible)

## NAME

rotate - Rotate, mirror, and transpose JPEG images (losslessly whenever possible)

## SYNOPSIS

**rotate** *{ options }* file *\[ file ... \]*

## DESCRIPTION

**rotate** is a convenience frontend to **jpegtran,** allowing JPEG images to be rotated, mirrored, or transposed in several ways. These operations are conducted losslessly (i.e., no image recompression) and keep all EXIF metadata intact.

## OPTIONS

- **-f, -flip, --flip {horizontal \| vertical}**

  horizontal: Mirror image horizontally (left-right).\
   vertical  : Mirror image vertically (top-bottom).

- **-r, -rotate, --rotate {90 \| 180 \| 270}**

  90 : Rotate image 90 degrees clockwise.\
   180: Rotate image 180 degrees.\
   270: Rotate image 270 degrees clockwise (or 90 ccw).

- **-tp, -transpose, --transpose**

  Transpose image (across UL-to-LR axis).

- **-tv, -transverse, --transverse\]**

  Transverse transpose (across UR-to-LL axis).

## SEE ALSO

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

## AUTHOR

**rotate** is distributed as a component of **jigl**, written by Jason Paul \<jigl@xome.net\>.  Its project page is located at *http://xome.net/projects/jigl/*.

This manual page was adapted from the program help text by Nicholas Breen \<nbreen@ofb.net\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).