How to view or edit pdf/image metadata from command line on Linux
2014-04-22 22:25
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Typical digital images or photos have a rich set of metadata embedded in them. The metadata is automatically written by digital cameras, or manually added by photographers or photo editing software, to show various properties (e.g., creator, camera info, location)
of a particular picture. Pdf documents also have its own set of metadata associated with them to identify author, title, date, etc.
There are various tools that allow you to edit the metadata in digital photos or pdf documents.ExifTool is a powerful command-line utility that can read or write
meta information in a file. It is available on Linux, Windows or MacOS X.
In this tutorial, I will describe how to view or edit metadata in pdf documents or digital pictures from the command line on Linux with ExifTool.
To install ExifTool on Debian, Ubuntu or Linux Mint:
$ sudo apt-get install libimage-exiftool-perl
To install ExifTool on Fedora:
$ sudo yum install perl-Image-ExifTool
To install ExifTool on CentOS or RHEL, first
enable EPEL repository, and then run:
$ sudo yum install perl-Image-ExifTool
Supported file types:
Supported metadata standards and types:
$ exiftool input.jpg
To change the title and author information of a pdf document:
$ exiftool -Title="This is the title" -Author="Dan Nanni" input.pdf
To modify tags of multiple images in a batch:
$ exiftool -artist="Dan Nanni" -copyright="2013 Dan Nanni" a.jpg b.jpg c.jpg
To modify artist name for all media files located in a target directory:
$ exiftool -artist="Dan Nanni" ./folder
To show all metadata information in an image, including duplicate and
unknown tags, sorted by group (for family 1):
$ exiftool -a -u -g2 input.jpg
To show all metadata fields which contain the word "Date":
$ exiftool -"*Date*" input.png
To extract GPS coordinate information from a photo:
$ exiftool -gpslatitude -gpslongitude input.jpg
To show GPS coordinate information contained in a picture in a tabular format (e.g., <filename> <latitude> <longitude>):
$ exiftool -filename -gpslatitude -gpslongitude -T input.jpg
of a particular picture. Pdf documents also have its own set of metadata associated with them to identify author, title, date, etc.
There are various tools that allow you to edit the metadata in digital photos or pdf documents.ExifTool is a powerful command-line utility that can read or write
meta information in a file. It is available on Linux, Windows or MacOS X.
In this tutorial, I will describe how to view or edit metadata in pdf documents or digital pictures from the command line on Linux with ExifTool.
Install ExifTool on Linux
ExifTool requires Perl 5.004 or later. No other library or software is required.To install ExifTool on Debian, Ubuntu or Linux Mint:
$ sudo apt-get install libimage-exiftool-perl
To install ExifTool on Fedora:
$ sudo yum install perl-Image-ExifTool
To install ExifTool on CentOS or RHEL, first
enable EPEL repository, and then run:
$ sudo yum install perl-Image-ExifTool
Metadata Supported by ExifTool
Below is a list of file types and metadata currently supported by ExifTool ("r" = read, "w" = write, "c" = create).Supported file types:
------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------ 3FR r | DVB r | M4A/V r | PBM r/w | RWL r/w 3G2 r | DYLIB r | MEF r/w | PDF r/w | RWZ r 3GP r | EIP r | MIE r/w/c | PEF r/w | RM r ACR r | EPS r/w | MIFF r | PFA r | SO r AFM r | ERF r/w | MKA r | PFB r | SR2 r/w AI r/w | EXE r | MKS r | PFM r | SRF r AIFF r | EXIF r/w/c | MKV r | PGF r | SRW r/w APE r | F4A/V r | MNG r/w | PGM r/w | SVG r ARW r/w | FLA r | MOS r/w | PICT r | SWF r ASF r | FLAC r | MOV r | PMP r | THM r/w AVI r | FLV r | MP3 r | PNG r/w | TIFF r/w BMP r | FPX r | MP4 r | PPM r/w | TTC r BTF r | GIF r/w | MPC r | PPT r | TTF r COS r | GZ r | MPG r | PPTX r | VRD r/w/c CR2 r/w | HDP r/w | MPO r/w | PS r/w | VSD r CRW r/w | HTML r | MQV r | PSB r/w | WAV r CS1 r/w | ICC r/w/c | MRW r/w | PSD r/w | WDP r/w DCM r | IIQ r/w | MXF r | PSP r | WEBP r DCP r/w | IND r/w | NEF r/w | QTIF r | WEBM r DCR r | ITC r | NRW r/w | RA r | WMA r DFONT r | JNG r/w | NUMBERS r | RAF r/w | WMV r DIVX r | JP2 r/w | ODP r | RAM r | X3F r/w DJVU r | JPEG r/w | ODS r | RAR r | XCF r DLL r | K25 r | ODT r | RAW r/w | XLS r DNG r/w | KDC r | OGG r | RIFF r | XLSX r DOC r | KEY r | ORF r/w | RSRC r | XMP r/w/c DOCX r | LNK r | OTF r | RTF r | ZIP r DV r | M2TS r | PAGES r | RW2 r/w |
Supported metadata standards and types:
----------------------+----------------------+--------------------- EXIF r/w/c | CIFF r/w | Ricoh RMETA r GPS r/w/c | AFCP r/w | Picture Info r IPTC r/w/c | Kodak Meta r/w | Adobe APP14 r XMP r/w/c | FotoStation r/w | MPF r MakerNotes r/w/c | PhotoMechanic r/w | Stim r Photoshop IRB r/w/c | JPEG 2000 r | APE r ICC Profile r/w/c | DICOM r | Vorbis r MIE r/w/c | Flash r | SPIFF r JFIF r/w/c | FlashPix r | DjVu r Ducky APP12 r/w/c | QuickTime r | M2TS r PDF r/w/c | Matroska r | PE/COFF r PNG r/w/c | GeoTIFF r | AVCHD r Canon VRD r/w/c | PrintIM r | ZIP r Nikon Capture r/w/c | ID3 r | (and more)
Exiftool Examples
To view all metadata in a picture:$ exiftool input.jpg
ExifTool Version Number : 8.60 File Name : 1.jpg Directory : . File Size : 3.2 MB File Modification Date/Time : 2013:08:27 17:00:28-04:00 File Permissions : rw-rw-r-- File Type : JPEG MIME Type : image/jpeg Exif Byte Order : Little-endian (Intel, II) Make : SONY Camera Model Name : DSLR-A900 Orientation : Horizontal (normal) X Resolution : 240 Y Resolution : 240 Resolution Unit : inches Software : Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows Modify Date : 2013-08-26T19:50:43+01:00 Artist : Dan N Copyright : Sean Barden Exposure Time : 1/200 F Number : 7.1 Exposure Program : Manual ISO : 100 . . .
To change the title and author information of a pdf document:
$ exiftool -Title="This is the title" -Author="Dan Nanni" input.pdf
To modify tags of multiple images in a batch:
$ exiftool -artist="Dan Nanni" -copyright="2013 Dan Nanni" a.jpg b.jpg c.jpg
To modify artist name for all media files located in a target directory:
$ exiftool -artist="Dan Nanni" ./folder
To show all metadata information in an image, including duplicate and
unknown tags, sorted by group (for family 1):
$ exiftool -a -u -g2 input.jpg
To show all metadata fields which contain the word "Date":
$ exiftool -"*Date*" input.png
File Modification Date/Time : 2013:08:24 00:54:58-04:00 Modify Date : 2013:08:24 04:54:58
To extract GPS coordinate information from a photo:
$ exiftool -gpslatitude -gpslongitude input.jpg
GPS Latitude : 54 deg 9' 42.68" N GPS Longitude : 5 deg 58' 35.93" W
To show GPS coordinate information contained in a picture in a tabular format (e.g., <filename> <latitude> <longitude>):
$ exiftool -filename -gpslatitude -gpslongitude -T input.jpg
input.jpg 54 deg 9' 42.68" N 5 deg 58' 35.93" W
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