---
name: "rsvg-view"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "librsvg2-bin"
version: "2.40.16-1+b1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rsvg-view"
---

# rsvg-view(1)

Display SVG files

## NAME

rsvg-view - Display SVG files

## SYNOPSIS

**rsvg-view** *\[options\]* file.svg

## DESCRIPTION

RSVG displays SVG images on the screen.

### OPTIONS

- *-i --xid int*

  XWindow ID (for X11 embedding).

- *-s --stdin*

  Read from stdin instead of a file.

- *-d --dpi number*

  Set the resolution of the image in pixels per inch. RSVG's current default is 90dpi.

- *-x --x-zoom number*

  X Zoom factor, as a percentage. If unspecified, 1.0 is used as the default.

- *-y --y-zoom number*

  Y Zoom factor, as a percentage. If unspecified, 1.0 is used as the default.

- *-w --width integer*

  Specify how wide you wish the image to be. If unspecified, the natural width of the image is used as the default.

- *-h --height integer*

  Specify how tall you wish the image to be. If unspecified, the natural height of the image is used as the default.

- *-b --bgcolor string*

  Set the image background color (default: transparent).

- *-k --keep-aspect*

  Preserve the image's aspect ratio.

- *-? --help*

  Show a short help message.

- *--usage*

  Display a brief usage message.

- *-v --version*

  Display what version of rsvg-view this is.

## MORE INFORMATION

**http://www.gnome.org/**\
 **http://librsvg.sourceforge.net/**\
 **http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/**

## AUTHORS

This manpage was written for the Debian project by Paul Brossier \<piem@altern.org\>, based on the similar rsvg upstream manpage, originally written by Dom Lachowicz (cinamod@hotmail.com), Alex Larsson (alex@redhat.com), and a host of others.