root@kali:~
Usage: exiv2 [ options ] [ action ]
file
...
Manipulate the Exif metadata of images.
Actions:
ad | adjust Adjust Exif timestamps by the given
time
. This action
requires at least one of the -a, -Y, -O or -D options.
pr
| print Print image metadata.
rm
| delete Delete image metadata from the files.
in
| insert Insert metadata from corresponding *.exv files.
Use option -S to change the suffix of the input files.
ex | extract Extract metadata to *.exv, *.xmp and thumbnail image files.
mv
| rename Rename files and
/or
set
file
timestamps according to the
Exif create timestamp. The filename
format
can be
set
with
-r
format
, timestamp options are controlled with -t and -T.
mo | modify Apply commands to modify (add,
set
, delete) the Exif and
IPTC metadata of image files or
set
the JPEG comment.
Requires option -c, -m or -M.
fi
| fixiso Copy ISO setting from the Nikon Makernote to the regular
Exif tag.
fc | fixcom Convert the UNICODE Exif user comment to UCS-2. Its current
character encoding can be specified with the -n option.
Options:
-h Display this help and
exit
.
-V Show the program version and
exit
.
-
v
Be verbose during the program run.
-q Silence warnings and error messages during the program run (quiet).
-Q lvl Set log-level to d(ebug), i(nfo), w(arning), e(rror) or m(ute).
-b Show large binary values.
-u Show unknown tags.
-g key Only output info
for
this key (
grep
).
-K key Only output info
for
this key (exact match).
-n enc Charset to use to decode UNICODE Exif user comments.
-k Preserve
file
timestamps (keep).
-t Also
set
the
file
timestamp
in
'rename'
action (overrides -k).
-T Only
set
the
file
timestamp
in
'rename'
action,
do
not rename
the
file
(overrides -k).
-f Do not prompt before overwriting existing files (force).
-F Do not prompt before renaming files (Force).
-a
time
Time adjustment
in
the
format
[-]HH[:MM[:SS]]. This option
is only used with the
'adjust'
action.
-Y yrs Year adjustment with the
'adjust'
action.
-O mon Month adjustment with the
'adjust'
action.
-D day Day adjustment 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)
a : print Exif, IPTC and XMP metadata (shortcut
for
-Pkyct)
t : interpreted (translated) Exif data (-PEkyct)
v
: plain Exif data values (-PExgnycv)
h : hexdump of the Exif data (-PExgnycsh)
i : IPTC data values (-PIkyct)
x : XMP properties (-PXkyct)
c : JPEG comment
p : list available previews
S : print structure of image
X : extract XMP from image
-P flgs Print flags
for
fine control of tag lists (
'print'
action):
E : include Exif tags
in
the list
I : IPTC datasets
X : XMP properties
x : print a column with the tag number
g : group name
k : key
l : tag label
n : tag name
y :
type
c : number of components (count)
s : size
in
bytes
v
: plain data value
t : interpreted (translated) data
h : hexdump of the data
-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
x : XMP packet
c : JPEG comment
-i tgt Insert target(s)
for
the
'insert'
action. Possible targets are
the same as those
for
the -d option, plus a modifier:
X : Insert metadata from an XMP sidecar
file
<
file
>.xmp
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
are the same as those
for
the -d option, plus a target to extract
preview images and a modifier to generate an XMP sidecar
file
:
p[<n>[,<m> ...]] : Extract preview images.
X : Extract metadata to an XMP sidecar
file
<
file
>.xmp
-r
fmt
Filename
format
for
the
'rename'
action. The
format
string
follows strftime(3). The following keywords are supported:
:
basename
: - original filename without extension
:
dirname
: - name of the directory holding the original
file
:parentname: - name of parent directory
Default filename
format
is %Y%m%d_%H%M%S.
-c txt JPEG comment string to
set
in
the image.
-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 from or extracted to.
-S .suf Use suffix .suf
for
source
files
for
insert
command
.