Man1 - fc-scan.1

fc-scan - scan font files or directories

fc-scan [ -Vh ] [ -f */format/ | *–format */format/ ] [ *–version ] [ –help ] file …

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

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 */format/ *

Format output according to the format specifier format.

*-V –version *

Show version of the program and exit.

*-h –help *

Show summary of options.

/file/* *

Scan file recursively for font faces.

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

*fc-query*(1) *FcFileScan*(3) *FcDirScan*(3) *FcPatternFormat*(3) *fc-cat*(1) *fc-cache*(1) *fc-list*(1) *fc-match*(1) *fc-pattern*(1)

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

This manual page was updated by Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@behdad.org>.