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tags: [tldr, common]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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# exiftool
> Read and write meta information in files.
> More information: <https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html>.
- Print the EXIF metadata for a given file:
`exiftool {{path/to/file}}`
- Remove all EXIF metadata from the given files:
`exiftool -All= {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}`
- Remove GPS EXIF metadata from given image files:
`exiftool "-gps*=" {{path/to/image1 path/to/image2 ...}}`
- Remove all EXIF metadata from the given image files, then re-add metadata for color and orientation:
`exiftool -All= -tagsfromfile @ -colorspacetags -orientation {{path/to/image1 path/to/image2 ...}}`
- Move the date at which all photos in a directory were taken 1 hour forward:
`exiftool "-AllDates+=0:0:0 1:0:0" {{path/to/directory}}`
- Move the date at which all JPEG photos in the current directory were taken 1 day and 2 hours backward:
`exiftool "-AllDates-=0:0:1 2:0:0" {{[-ext|-extension]}} jpg`
- Only change the `DateTimeOriginal` field subtracting 1.5 hours, without keeping backups:
`exiftool -DateTimeOriginal-=1.5 -overwrite_original`
- Recursively rename all JPEG photos in a directory based on the `DateTimeOriginal` field:
`exiftool '-filename<DateTimeOriginal' {{[-d|-dateFormat]}} %Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S%%lc.%%e {{path/to/directory}} {{[-r|-recurse]}} {{[-ext|-extension]}} jpg`