man exiv2 (Commandes) - EXIF/IPTC metadata manipulation tool

NAME

exiv2 - EXIF/IPTC metadata manipulation tool

SYNOPSIS

exiv2 [options] [action] file ...

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the exiv2 command.

exiv2 is a program that can read/write EXIF/IPTC metadata in JPEG files.

ACTIONS

ad | adjust
Adjust EXIF timestamps by the given time. This action requires the option -a time.
pr | print
Print image metadata. This is the default action.
rm | delete
Delete image metadata from the files.
in | insert
Insert metadata from corresponding *.exv files.
ex | extract
Extract metadata to *.exv and thumbnail image files.
mv | rename
Rename files according to the EXIF create timestamp. The filename format can be set with -r format.
mo | modify
Apply commands to modify (add, set, delete) the EXIF/IPTC metadata of image files. Requires option -m or -M.

OPTIONS

-h
Display help and exit.
-V
Show the program version and exit.
-v
Be verbose during the program run.
-f
Do not prompt before overwriting existing files (force).
-F
Do not prompt before renaming existing files (Force).
-a time
Time adjustment in the format [-]HH[:MM[:SS]]. This option is only used with the `adjust' action.
-p mode
Print mode for the `print' action. Possible modes are:

s : print a summary of the EXIF metadata (the default)

t : interpreted (translated) EXIF data

v : plain EXIF data values

h : hexdump of the EXIF data

i : IPTC data values

c : JPEG comment
-d tgt
Delete target(s) for the `delete' action. Possible targets are:

a : all supported metadata (the default)

e : EXIF section

t : EXIF thumbnail only

i : IPTC data

c : JPEG comment
-i tgt
Insert target(s) for the `insert' action. Possible targets are the same as those for the -d option. Only JPEG thumbnails can be inserted, they need to be named <file>-thumb.jpg.
-e tgt
Extract target(s) for the `extract' action. Possible targets the same as those for the -d option.
-r fmt
Filename format for the `rename' action. The format string follows strftime(3). Default filename format is %Y%m%d_%H%M%S.
-m file
Command file for the modify action. The format for commands is

set|add|del <key> [[<type>] <value>].
-M cmd
Command line for the modify action. The format for the commands is the same as that of the lines of a command file.
-l dir
Location (directory) for files to be inserted or extracted.

SEE ALSO

/usr/share/doc/exiv2/examples/cmd.txt contains some examples for the -m and -M options.

AUTHOR

exiv2 was written by Andreas HUGGEL <ahuggel@gmx.net>.

This manual page was written by KELEMEN Peter <fuji@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).