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+```
+$ ./wozardry verify -h
+usage: wozardry verify [-h] file
+
+Verify file structure and metadata of a .woz disk image (produces no output
+unless a problem is found)
+
+positional arguments:
+  file        .woz disk image
+
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
+
+
+
+$ ./wozardry dump -h
+usage: wozardry dump [-h] file
+
+Print all available information and metadata in a .woz disk image
+
+positional arguments:
+  file        .woz disk image
+
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
+
+
+
+$ ./wozardry edit -h
+usage: wozardry edit [-h] [-i INFO] [-m META] file
+
+Edit information and metadata in a .woz disk image
+
+positional arguments:
+  file                  .woz disk image (modified in place)
+
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
+  -i INFO, --info INFO  change information field. INFO format is "key:value".
+                        Acceptable keys are disk_type, write_protected,
+                        synchronized, cleaned, creator, version. Other keys
+                        are ignored.
+  -m META, --meta META  change metadata field. META format is "key:value".
+                        Standard keys are title, subtitle, publisher,
+                        developer, copyright, version, language, requires_ram,
+                        requires_machine, notes, side, side_name, contributor,
+                        image_date. Other keys are allowed.
+
+Tips:
+
+ - Use repeated flags to edit multiple fields at once.
+ - Use "key:" with no value to delete a metadata field.
+ - Keys are case-sensitive.
+ - Some values have format restrictions; read the .woz specification.
+```