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exiftool

Download From

http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

Purpose

“ExifTool is a platform-independent Perl library plus a command-line application for reading, writing and editing meta information in a wide variety of files.” (http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/, February 3, 2018)

Uses

View and edit metadata in files.

Examples

• exiftool FILENAME - Outputs the metadata found in the FILENAME file to the screen
• exiftool -c "%.7f deg" -GPSPosition *.jpg - Output the GPSPosition property of all files in the current directory ending in a .jpg extension and put the GPS coordinates in a decimal format (e.g., 10.1010101 deg N, 22.222222 deg E)

Helpful Switches and Flags

• -csv - Outputs data in CSV format
• -PARAMETER - Pulls the appropriate parameter from the metadata (e.g., -Description or -GPSPosition)