tagsFromFile (''- DSTTAG DSTTAG '' or ''-Īn extension of the redirection feature allows strings involving tag names to be used on the right hand side of the ' out.argsĮxiftool out.args dst.jpgNote: Be careful when copying information with this technique since it is easy to write tags which are normally considered 'unsafe'. TAG or -TAG Extract or exclude specified tag Note that multiple single-character options may NOT be combined into one argument because this would be interpreted as a Many single-character options have equivalent long-name versions (shown in brackets), and some options have inverses which are invoked with a Nikon Capture r/w/c | ID3 r | (and more) OptionsĬase is not significant for any command-line option (including tag and group names), except for single-character options when the corresponding upper-case Photoshop IRB r/w/c | JPEG 2000 r | APE r MakerNotes r/w/c | PhotoMechanic r/w | Stim r IPTC r/w/c | Kodak Meta r/w | Adobe APP14 r +-+-+-+-ģFR r | DVB r | M4A/V r | PBM r/w | RWL r/wģG2 r | DYLIB r | MEF r/w | PDF r/w | RWZ rģGP r | EIP r | MIE r/w/c | PEF r/w | RM rĪFM r | ERF r/w | MKA r | PFB r | SR2 r/wĪIFF r | EXIF r/w/c | MKV r | PGF r | SRW r/wĪPE r | F4A/V r | MNG r/w | PGM r/w | SVG rĪRW r/w | FLA r | MOS r/w | PICT r | SWF rĪVI r | FLV r | MP3 r | PNG r/w | TIFF r/wĬOS r | GZ r | MPG r | PPTX r | VRD r/w/cĬR2 r/w | HDP r/w | MPO r/w | PS r/w | WAV rĬRW r/w | HTML r | MQV r | PSB r/w | WDP r/wĬS1 r/w | ICC r/w/c | MRW r/w | PSD r/w | WEBP rĭCP r/w | IND r/w | NEF r/w | QTIF r | WMA rĭFONT r | JNG r/w | NUMBERS r | RAF r/w | X3F r/wĭJVU r | JPEG r/w | ODS r | RAR r | XLS rĭNG r/w | KDC r | OGG r | RIFF r | XMP r/w/c However, a filename may be specified or the -ext option may be used to force processing of files with any extension.īelow is a list of file types and meta information formats currently supported by ExifTool (r = read, w = write, c = create):

Note: If FILE is a directory name then only supported file types in the directory are processed, or only writable types are processed Mode, exiftool will ignore any read-specific options. (Be sure to verify that the new files are OK before erasing the originals.) Once in write With '_original' appended to their names. This causes each FILE to be rewritten, and by default the original files are preserved To write or copy information, new tag values are specified with the - TAG = syntax or the To the console (or written to output text files with -w).

Information is read from the source files and output in readable form One or more source file names, directory names, or '-' for the standard input. Exiftool FILEĮxiftool | d| x] ]įor specific examples, see the EXAMPLES sections below.Ī command-line interface to Image::ExifTool, used for reading and writing meta information in image, audio and video files.

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