---
name: "write_datamatrix"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-pylibdmtx"
version: "0.1.10-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/write_datamatrix"
---

# write\_datamatrix(1)

datamatrix barcode writer

## NAME

read\_datamatrix — datamatrix barcode writer

## SYNOPSIS

**read\_datamatrix** \[**-v**\]  \[file\]  \[data\]  \[**--size** *size\]  \[***--scheme** *encoding\]*

## DESCRIPTION

*This manual page documents briefly the*  **read\_datamatrix** command.

This manual page was written for the **Debian** distribution  because the original program does not have a manual page.

**read\_datamatrix** is a program that writes a datamatrix barcode to a new image file

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax,  with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').  A summary of  options is included below.

- **-v** **--version**

  Show version information and exit.

- **--size**

  Encoding size (not image dimensions); default is 'ShapeAuto'.

- **--scheme**

  Encoding method; default is 'ASCII'.

## ARGUMENTS

- file

  Filename of the output image.

- data

  Data to be written; will be utf-8 encoded.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by fladi fladi@debian.org for  the **Debian** system (and may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any  later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.