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exiftool

Read and write meta information in files. More information: https://exiftool.org.
  • 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 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 %Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S%%lc.%%e {{path/to/directory}} -r -ext jpg

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