exiftool

CLI

Read and write meta information in image, audio, and video files.

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Installation

Homebrewbrew install exiftool

Links

License

GPL-1.0 OR Artistic-2.0

AI Agent Notes

Read/write EXIF metadata from images, audio, and video files

When to use

Inspecting or stripping metadata from media files

Examples
  • exiftool image.jpg
  • exiftool -all= image.jpg # strip all metadata
  • exiftool -DateTimeOriginal='2024:01:01 12:00:00' image.jpg

Proven Recipes

View all metadata of a file🟢 99% success
exiftool image.jpg
Strip all metadata from image🟢 98% success
exiftool -all= image.jpg
Copy metadata from one file to another🟢 94% success
exiftool -TagsFromFile source.jpg target.jpg