Supported by ExifTool (r = read, w = write, c = create): To force processing of files with any extension.īelow is a list of file types and meta information formats currently However, files may be specified by name, or the -ext option may be used Note: If FILE is a directory name then only supported file types in theĭirectory are processed (in write mode only writable types are processed). Write mode, exiftool will ignore any read-specific options. Verify that the new files are OK before erasing the originals. By default the originalįiles are preserved with '_original' appended to their names - be sure to Metadata, the -tagsFromFile feature is used. To write or delete metadata, tag values are assigned using the

To the console (or written to output text files with -w). Metadata is read from source files and printed in readable form One or more source file names, directory names, or '-' for the standard Reading and writing meta information in a variety of file types. This documentation is displayed if exiftool is run without an input FILEĪ command-line interface to Image::ExifTool, used for

exiftool | d| x] ]įor specific examples, see the EXAMPLES sections below. Section: User Contributed Perl Documentation (3)Įxiftool - Read and write meta information in files

Exiftool command