---
name: "stepic"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "stepic"
version: "0.5.0-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/stepic"
---

# stepic(1)

Python image steganography

## NAME

stepic - Python image steganography

## DESCRIPTION

usage: stepic \[-h\] \[--version\] \[--debug\] \[-d\] \[-e\] \[-f FORMAT\] \[-i FILE\]

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  \[-t FILE\] \[-o FILE\]

Hide data in an image, or read hidden data from an image.

### optional arguments:

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

  show this help message and exit

- **--version**

  show program's version number and exit

**--debug**

- **-d**, **--decode**

  given an image, write out the hidden data file

- **-e**, **--encode**

  given an image and data file, write out a new image file with the data hidden in it

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

  output image format (optional)

- **-i** FILE, **--image-in=** FILE

  read in image FILE for decoding or encoding

- **-t** FILE, **--data-in=** FILE

  read in data FILE for encoding

- **-o** FILE, **--out=** FILE

  write out to FILE, data when decoding, image when encoding

## AUTHOR

Written by Lenny Domnitser \<http://domnit.org/\>