# DICOM-rs `dump`
[](https://crates.io/crates/dicom-dump)
[](https://docs.rs/dicom-dump)
A command line utility for inspecting the contents of DICOM files
by printing them in a human readable format.
A programmatic API for dumping DICOM objects is also available.
If you intend to use `dicom-dump` exclusively as a library,
you can disable the `cli` Cargo feature.
This tool is part of the [DICOM-rs](https://github.com/Enet4/dicom-rs) project.
## Usage
```none
dicom-dump [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] <files>...
FLAGS:
--fail-first fail if any errors are encountered
-h, --help Prints help information
--no-text-limit whether text value width limit is disabled (limited to `width` by default)
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
--color <color> color mode [default: auto]
-w, --width <width> the width of the display (default is to check automatically)
ARGS:
<files>... The DICOM file(s) to read
```