You can easily list the common EXIF information using -common like so: ]$ exiftool -common Thanksgiving_2018.jpgįlash : On, Fired List All Available Tags from EXIF NOTE: using the -T option hides the name of the tag. You can use switches to pull only the information you need like so: ]$ exiftool -T -Filename -Aperture *.jpg For example, let’s say you have multiple jpegs and you want to know which aperture you used for each image. You can also use the program to get ONLY certain information. Extracting Specific Information from EXIF ]$ exiftool girls.jpgįile Modification Date/Time : 2012:09:01 23:03:01-04:00Įxif Byte Order : Little-endian (Intel, II) Here we are viewing the EXIF data from a file named girls.jpg. Now all you need to do to view the EXIF data is call the exiftool program followed by the image name like so.
#Linux exiftool install#
Type the following command: install Image::ExifTool
#Linux exiftool how to#
Refer to " How to Install PERL Modules with CPAN" for more information about installing and using CPAN for Perl Modules.Īfter you installed CPAN (2 minutes) you should be at a CPAN prompt (if not just type cpan at the shell prompt to start): cpan> Perl comes installed by default and all you have to do is install a small Perl program via CPAN. NOTE: For CentOs/Red Hat you will have to install and enable the epel repository. Below you will find how to install it on your favorite flavor of Linux. This is by far the easiest (and safest) way to install exiftool. Most Linux distros have the Perl ExifTool package available in the repositories. Installing Exiftool with Your Package Manager If you already have it installed, you can skip to " Viewing EXIF Data" or " Editing EXIF Data". Let's go over how to install the exiftool on your system. In this tutorial we are going to discuss using exiftool to view and edit EXIF data on the Linux command line.st command line tool I have found. The acronym EXIF stands for Exchangeable Image File Format. This information can be used to organize photographs, search for specific photos, create a map of where a photo was taken, and much more. The information recorded in EXIF is shutter speed, date and time, aperture, ISO, and even GPS coordinates. Specify the name of the directory and it’ll clear the metadata for every image file found inside.All modern digital cameras (including the one on your phone) record EXIF data when capturing an image. Use the -recurse option to instruct ExifTool to traverse subdirectories. $ exiftool -overwrite_original -all= image.jpgĥ.
Use the -overwrite_original option to remove all metadata without saving the backup files. Use the -EXIF option to remove Exif data only from a file.Ĥ. The original file will be renamed, with “_original” appended to the end of it.ģ. This command will save a new copy of your file, with the metadata removed. Use the -all option to remove all metadata from a file. View all the metadata for an image file by using the following command.Ģ. These commands assume that you’ve already changed directories to where your images files are saved.ġ.
Once ExifTool has been installed, use some of the example commands below in order to remove Exif data. $ sudo apt install libimage-exiftool-perl
#Linux exiftool download#
You can download this program from the ExifTool website or use the appropriate command below to install it with your system’s package manager.
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