Sample output

Running dvii on test.dvi (derived from test.tex) yields the following output:

Display summary:

dvii -u test.dvi

File size: 1496 bytes (1 K)
Comment string:  TeX output 1999.10.14:2116
Page count: 6
Number of fonts: 3

Display full information:

dvii test.dvi

File size: 1496 bytes (1 K)
Comment string:  TeX output 1999.10.14:2116
Page count: 6
Number of fonts: 3
f:[50/cmr10/1200]::4bf16079
f:[23/cmbx10/1000]::1af22256
f:[0/cmr10/1000]::4bf16079
p:[1/1]
p:[2/2]
p:[3/3]
p:[4/4]
p:[5/-1]
p:[6/-2]
s:[2/2]:: A short special
s:[3/3]:: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567893.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 
s:[4/4]:: PSfile 1.eps
s:[4/4]:: PSfile 2.eps
s:[4/4]:: PSfile 3.EPS
s:[4/4]:: PSfile dog1.gif
s:[4/4]:: PSfile cat.eps
s:[6/-2]:: Some control characters: [^A^B^C^D]
f:[50/cmr10/1200]
f:[23/cmbx10/1000]
f:[0/cmr10/1000]

Do a rigorous validity check:

dvii -C test.dvi

dvi file 'test.dvi' passed validation check (level 1).

Print a help screen

dvii

This is dvii 0.40 (DVI file information) by Adam Lewenberg
Send bug reports to adam@macrotex.net

dvii -h             (Print help screen) 
dvii dvifile        (Print dvi information)
dvii [many possible options] dvifile 
-------------------------------------------
 -H : show complete list of options
 -h : show this help screen
 -u : display dvi summary
 -p : display dvi pages in [real page/TeX page] format
 -s : display dvi specials
 -f : display fonts
 -c : dvi validity check      -C : more rigorous validity check
      (for more options, type 'dvii -H')

Note: 'dvii filename' is equivalent to 'dvii -u -p -s -f -c filename'

Output format:
'f:[#/name/mag/checksum]'      -> font '#' with 'name' scaled at 'mag'
'p:[real page/TeX page]'       -> 'real page' has \count0 = 'TeX page'
's:[real page/TeX page]::text' -> special on 'real page'/'TeX page' with

List fonts on a per page basis

dvii -F test

f:[50/cmr10/1200]::4bf16079
f:[23/cmbx10/1000]::1af22256
f:[0/cmr10/1000]::4bf16079
p:[1/1]
  start of font list
  Font [0/cmr10/1000]
  end of font list
p:[2/2]
  start of font list
  Font [0/cmr10/1000]
  end of font list
p:[3/3]
  start of font list
  Font [0/cmr10/1000]
  Font [23/cmbx10/1000]
  end of font list
p:[4/4]
  start of font list
  Font [0/cmr10/1000]
  end of font list
p:[5/-1]
  start of font list
  Font [0/cmr10/1000]
  Font [50/cmr10/1200]
  end of font list
p:[6/-3]
  start of font list
  Font [0/cmr10/1000]
  end of font list

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