pngquant:tldr:895a0

pngquant: Compress a specific PNG and skip if the file is larger than the original.

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$ pngquant --skip-if-larger ${filename-png}

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The command is using the pngquant utility with the specified options. Let's break down the different parts of the command:

pngquant: This is the name of the utility being executed. pngquant is a command-line tool used to quantize and reduce the colors in PNG images, ultimately optimizing their size.
--skip-if-larger: This option tells pngquant to skip the compression process for an image if the compressed version would have a larger file size than the original.
${filename-png}: This is a placeholder that represents the name of the PNG file you want to process. The command assumes that you will replace ${filename-png} with the actual name of the PNG file you want to compress. Make sure to include the file extension .png in the filename.

When you execute this command, pngquant will check if compressing the specified PNG image would result in a larger file size than the original. If the compressed version would indeed be larger, it will skip the compression phase. Otherwise, it will proceed with compressing the image.

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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