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pngquant:tldr:02e28

pngquant: Compress a specific PNG and remove metadata.
$ pngquant --strip ${filename-png}
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The command "pngquant --strip ${filename-png}" is used to compress and optimize PNG image files.

Here's a breakdown of the command:

  • pngquant: It is the name of the command-line tool or program used for PNG optimization.
  • --strip: It is an option or flag used with pngquant to remove metadata and other unnecessary information from the PNG files. This can reduce the file size further, but it may remove some non-essential data like creation date, software used to create the image, etc.
  • ${filename-png}: This is a placeholder or variable that represents the input PNG file. You need to replace it with the actual name or path of the PNG file you want to optimize.

Overall, this command runs the pngquant tool on a given PNG file, and the --strip flag removes unnecessary data from the file for better compression and smaller file size.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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