#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @hdr = qw( bfType bfSize bfReserved1 bfReserved2 bfOffBits biSize biWidth biHeight biPlanes biBitCount biCompression biSizeImage biXPelsPerMeter biYPelsPerMeter biClrUsed biClrImportant ); binmode STDIN; binmode STDOUT; my $BMP = 'c:/df.bmp'; open BMP, $BMP or die $!; binmode BMP; my $data = ; close BMP; my @hdr_dat = unpack "SLSSLLLLSSLLLLLL", $data; my %header; @header{@hdr}=@hdr_dat; print "$_\t$header{$_}\n" for @hdr; # chop in half! $header{biHeight} = int($header{biHeight}/2); my $new_hdr = pack "SLSSLLLLSSLLLLLL", @header{@hdr}; $data =~ s/^.{54}/$new_hdr/; open OUT, ">$BMP.munge.bmp" or die $!; binmode OUT; print OUT $data; close OUT;