diff --git a/tools/fimgstats.c b/tools/fimgstats.c
index 7e0efa1..4ba75bc 100644
--- a/tools/fimgstats.c
+++ b/tools/fimgstats.c
@@ -14,15 +14,33 @@ int		verbosity;		/* global */
 int		make_csv;
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-int various_numbers(FloatImg *fimg, int k)
+int machinable(FloatImg *fimg)
+{
+float		vals[6];
+float		means[4];
+
+if (verbosity) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s  numbers from %p :\n", __func__, fimg);
+	}
+
+fimg_meanvalues(fimg, means);
+fimg_get_minmax_rgb(fimg, vals);
+printf( "%.3f %.3f %.3f   %f.3 %.3f %.3f   %.3f %.3f %.3f\n",
+	vals[0], means[0], vals[1],
+	vals[2], means[1], vals[3],
+	vals[4], means[2], vals[5]);
+
+return 0;
+}
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+int various_numbers(FloatImg *fimg)
 {
 float		moyennes[4];
 int		foo;
-// float		fvalue;
 float		vals[6];
 
 if (verbosity) {
-	fprintf(stderr, "     numbers from %p :\n", fimg); 
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s  numbers from %p :\n", __func__, fimg); 
 	}
 
 fimg_printhead(fimg);
@@ -60,7 +78,9 @@ int various_numbers_from_file(char *fname, int k)
 FloatImg	fimg;
 int		foo;
 
-fprintf(stderr, "------ numbers from '%s' :\n", fname); 
+if (verbosity) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "------ numbers from '%s' :\n", fname); 
+	}
 
 foo = fimg_create_from_dump(fname, &fimg);
 if (foo) {
@@ -68,10 +88,17 @@ if (foo) {
 	return -2;
 	}
 
-various_numbers(&fimg, k);
-
+if (k) {
+	foo = machinable(&fimg);
+	}
+else	{
+	foo = various_numbers(&fimg);
+	}
 fimg_destroy(&fimg);
-
+if (foo) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s: got a %d\n", __func__, foo);
+	return foo;
+	}
 return 0;
 }
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -86,7 +113,7 @@ fputs(	"usage : fimgstats [options] file.fimg\n"
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 int		foo, opt;
-
+int		do_machinable = 0;
 extern char	*optarg;
 extern int	optind, opterr, optopt;
 
@@ -95,11 +122,11 @@ if (argc == 1) {
 	exit(0);
 	}
 
-while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "chv")) != -1) {
+while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "chmv")) != -1) {
 	switch(opt) {
 		case 'c':	make_csv++;		break;
 		case 'v':	verbosity++;		break;
-
+		case 'm':	do_machinable = 1;	break;
 		case 'h':	/* tombe dedans */
 		default:	help(1);		exit(1);
 		}
@@ -109,7 +136,7 @@ if (NULL==argv[optind]) {
 	fprintf(stderr, "optind %d is wtf\n", optind);
 	return 1;
 	}
-foo = various_numbers_from_file(argv[optind], 0);
+foo = various_numbers_from_file(argv[optind], do_machinable);
 if (foo) {
 	fprintf(stderr, "got a %d ?\n", foo);
 	}