NAME

       dicomfind - vtk-dicom CLI

DESCRIPTION

   usage:
              dicomfind [options] <directory> ...

   options:
       -L     Follow symbolic links (default).

       -P     Do not follow symbolic links.

       -k tag=value
              Provide an attribute to be queried and matched.

       -q <query.txt>
              Provide a file to describe the find query.

       -u <uids.txt>
              Provide a file that contains a list of UIDs.

       -maxdepth n
              Set the maximum directory depth.

       -name pattern
              Set a pattern to match (with "*" or "?").

       -image Restrict the search to files with PixelData.

       -series
              Find all files in series if even one file matches.

       -print Print the filenames of all matched files (default).

       -print0
              Print the filenames with terminating null, for xargs.

       -exec ... +
              Execute the given command for every series matched.

       -exec ... \;
              Execute the given command for every file matched.

       -execdir ... +
              Go to directory and execute command on every series.

       -execdir ... \;
              Go to directory and execute command on every file.

       --ignore-dicomdir Ignore the DICOMDIR file even if it is present.

       --charset <cs>
              Charset to use if SpecificCharacterSet is missing.

       --help Print a brief help message.

       --version
              Print the software version.

       This  command  can  be  used to locate DICOM files.  It shares many features with the UNIX
       "find" command.  When searching for files with a specific attribute (with "-k"),  the  tag
       can  be  specified  in the form GGGG,EEEE or with its canonical name e.g. Modality=MR from
       the DICOM dictionary.  Alternately, the tags can be listed in a query file given with  the
       "-q"  option  (one  tag per line).  Attributes nested within sequences can be specified by
       giving a tag path e.g. "-k Tag1/Tag2/Tag3".  Either a forward slash or a backslash can  be
       used  to  separate  the  components  of  the path.  Private tags should be preceded by the
       private dictionary name in square brackets.

       The "-exec" and "-execdir" arguments cause dicomfind to run the specified program  on  the
       found  files.   For example, to dump each file one would use "-exec dicomdump {} \;" where
       each instance of {} will be replaced by a found file, and ";" indicates  the  end  of  the
       args  to dicomdump.  Alternately, if "+" is used to end the args, then the program will be
       run on each DICOM series and {} will  be  replaced  by  all  files  in  the  series.   The
       "-execdir"  argument is similar, except that it runs the program from within the directory
       of the file (or files), and {} is replaced by just the filenames instead of with the  full
       paths.

AUTHOR

       This   manual   page  was  written  by Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org> for the Debian
       GNU/Linux system, but may be used by others.