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FC-SCAN(1)                                                                                                 FC-SCAN(1)



NAME
       fc-scan - scan font files or directories

SYNOPSIS
       fc-scan [ -Vh ]

        [  [ -f format ]  [ --format format ]  ]  [ --version ]  [ --help ]  file...

DESCRIPTION
       fc-scan scans file(s) recursively and prints out font pattern for each face found.

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

       -f     Format output according to the format specifier format.

       -V     Show version of the program and exit.

       -h     Show summary of options.

       file   Scan file recursively for font faces.

RETURN CODES
       fc-scan returns error code 0 if at least one font was found or 1 otherwise.

SEE ALSO
       fc-query(1) FcFileScan(3) FcDirScan(3) FcPatternFormat(3) fc-cat(1) fc-cache(1) fc-list(1) fc-match(1) fc-pat‐
       tern(1)

       The fontconfig user's guide, in HTML format: /usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.

AUTHOR
       This manual page was updated by Behdad Esfahbod <[email protected]>.



                                                     Jan 15, 2009                                          FC-SCAN(1)