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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+require Image::Magick;
+require Barcode::ZBar;
+
+$ARGV[0] || die;
+
+# create a reader
+my $scanner = Barcode::ZBar::ImageScanner->new();
+
+# configure the reader
+$scanner->parse_config("enable");
+
+# obtain image data
+my $magick = Image::Magick->new();
+$magick->Read($ARGV[0]) && die;
+my $raw = $magick->ImageToBlob(magick => 'GRAY', depth => 8);
+
+# wrap image data
+my $image = Barcode::ZBar::Image->new();
+$image->set_format('Y800');
+$image->set_size($magick->Get(qw(columns rows)));
+$image->set_data($raw);
+
+# scan the image for barcodes
+my $n = $scanner->scan_image($image);
+
+# extract results
+foreach my $symbol ($image->get_symbols()) {
+    # do something useful with results
+    print('decoded ' . $symbol->get_type() .
+          ' symbol "' . $symbol->get_data() . "\"\n");
+}
+
+# clean up
+undef($image);