DESCRIPTION A command-line interface to Image::ExifTool, used for reading and writing meta information in a variety of file types. *FILE* is one or more source file names, directory names, or "-" for the standard input. Metadata is read from source files and printed in readable form to the console (or written to output text files with -w). To write or delete metadata, tag values are assigned using -*TAG*=[*VALUE*], and/or the -geotag, -csv= or -json= options. To copy or move metadata, the -tagsFromFile feature is used. By default the original files are preserved with "_original" appended to their names -- be sure to verify that the new files are OK before erasing the originals. Once in write mode, exiftool will ignore any read-specific options. Note: If *FILE* is a directory name then only supported file types in the directory are processed (in write mode only writable types are processed). However, files may be specified by name, or the -ext option may be used to force processing of files with any extension. Hidden files in the directory are also processed. Adding the -r option causes subdirectories to be processed recursively, but subdirectories with names beginning with "." are skipped unless -r. is used. Below is a list of file types and meta information formats currently supported by ExifTool (r = read, w = write, c = create): File Types ------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------ 360 r/w | DPX r | ITC r | NUMBERS r | RAM r 3FR r | DR4 r/w/c | J2C r | O r | RAR r 3G2 r/w | DSS r | JNG r/w | ODP r | RAW r/w 3GP r/w | DV r | JP2 r/w | ODS r | RIFF r A r | DVB r/w | JPEG r/w | ODT r | RSRC r AA r | DVR-MS r | JSON r | OFR r | RTF r AAE r | DYLIB r | JXL r | OGG r | RW2 r/w AAX r/w | EIP r | K25 r | OGV r | RWL r/w ACR r | EPS r/w | KDC r | ONP r | RWZ r AFM r | EPUB r | KEY r | OPUS r | RM r AI r/w | ERF r/w | LA r | ORF r/w | SEQ r AIFF r | EXE r | LFP r | ORI r/w | SKETCH r APE r | EXIF r/w/c | LNK r | OTF r | SO r ARQ r/w | EXR r | LRV r/w | PAC r | SR2 r/w ARW r/w | EXV r/w/c | M2TS r | PAGES r | SRF r ASF r | F4A/V r/w | M4A/V r/w | PBM r/w | SRW r/w AVI r | FFF r/w | MACOS r | PCD r | SVG r AVIF r/w | FITS r | MAX r | PCX r | SWF r AZW r | FLA r | MEF r/w | PDB r | THM r/w BMP r | FLAC r | MIE r/w/c | PDF r/w | TIFF r/w BPG r | FLIF r/w | MIFF r | PEF r/w | TORRENT r BTF r | FLV r | MKA r | PFA r | TTC r CHM r | FPF r | MKS r | PFB r | TTF r COS r | FPX r | MKV r | PFM r | TXT r CR2 r/w | GIF r/w | MNG r/w | PGF r | VCF r CR3 r/w | GPR r/w | MOBI r | PGM r/w | VRD r/w/c CRM r/w | GZ r | MODD r | PLIST r | VSD r CRW r/w | HDP r/w | MOI r | PICT r | WAV r CS1 r/w | HDR r | MOS r/w | PMP r | WDP r/w CSV r | HEIC r/w | MOV r/w | PNG r/w | WEBP r CZI r | HEIF r/w | MP3 r | PPM r/w | WEBM r DCM r | HTML r | MP4 r/w | PPT r | WMA r DCP r/w | ICC r/w/c | MPC r | PPTX r | WMV r DCR r | ICS r | MPG r | PS r/w | WTV r DFONT r | IDML r | MPO r/w | PSB r/w | WV r DIVX r | IIQ r/w | MQV r/w | PSD r/w | X3F r/w DJVU r | IND r/w | MRC r | PSP r | XCF r DLL r | INSP r/w | MRW r/w | QTIF r/w | XLS r DNG r/w | INSV r | MXF r | R3D r | XLSX r DOC r | INX r | NEF r/w | RA r | XMP r/w/c DOCX r | ISO r | NRW r/w | RAF r/w | ZIP r