

Multi-lingual output (cs, de, en, en-ca, en-gb, es, fi, fr, it, ja, ko, nl, pl, ru, sv, tr, zh-cn or zh-tw).Numerous output formatting options (including tab-delimited, HTML, XML and JSON).Decodes a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.Reads and writes maker notes of many digital cameras.Writes EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, MakerNotes, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, AFCP and more.Reads EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, MakerNotes, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP, ID3 and more.Supports a large number of different file formats.Powerful, fast, flexible and customizable.Although ExifTool is not a validator, it often reports useful information in case of defective files. ExifTool supports many different metadata formats including EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP and ID3, as well as the maker notes of many digital cameras by Canon, Casio, FLIR, FujiFilm, GE, HP, JVC/Victor, Kodak, Leaf, Minolta/Konica-Minolta, Nikon, Nintendo, Olympus/Epson, Panasonic/Leica, Pentax/Asahi, Phase One, Reconyx, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Sigma/Foveon and Sony. tag -a IMG_0001.ExifTool is a platform-independent command-line application for reading, writing, and editing Meta information contained in a variety of visual, audio, and video files. This could then be used in combination with the ExifTool for marking duplicates.

When using this tool to sort some pictures, mainly removing duplicates, I came a across the small tool tag which allowed me to tag files in Mac from the terminal.

If only a single property is desired then this argument can be used to just extract the date from when the photo was taken: exiftool IMG_0001.jpg -EXIF:DateTimeOriginal Resulting in the output: Artist : Kenneth Lausdahl The tool can be used with no arguments like: exiftool IMG_0001.jpg collect information about images or just to list all properties. It can easily be used in the shell to e.g. This ExifTool is a nice command line based tool that allows read and write of properties from Exif an others.
