exiv2 - EXIF/IPTC metadata manipulation tool

exiv2 [options] [action] file ...

This manual page documents briefly the exiv2 command.

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

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.

-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.

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

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).