ExifTool

exiftool

A command-line application and Perl library for reading, writing and editing meta information in a wide variety of files.

Runs as exiftool|macOS, Linux, Windows|exiftool.org

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 12 fields

Read metadata from files (optionally as JSON or a table, recursively) or strip all metadata. Writing individual tags, copying tags, geotagging and renaming are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui exiftool

Read or strip metadataExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Files or directories*

any

JSON output

-json

Show group names

-G

Recurse into directories

-r

Only this extension

string

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Read all metadata

filesjsongroup_namesrecurseextension

Strip all metadata

filesstrip_alloverwrite_originalpreserverecurseextension

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Files or directories

path · positional 0 · repeatable

JSON output

boolean

-json

Short tag names

boolean

-s

Show group names

boolean

-G

Tabular output

boolean

-T

Recurse into directories

boolean

-r

Only this extension

string

-extjpgpngmp4

Raw values (no print conversion)

boolean

-n

Allow duplicate tags

boolean

-a

Strip all metadata

Deletes every writable tag. exiftool keeps a *_original backup unless overwrite original is also set.
boolean

-all=

Overwrite original (no backup)

boolean

-overwrite_original

Preserve file modification time

boolean

-P

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

man

exiftool [OPTIONS] [-TAG...] [--TAG...] FILE... -TAG or --TAG Extract or exclude specified tag -b (-binary) Output metadata in binary format -d FMT (-dateFormat) Set format for date/time values -G[NUM...] (-groupNames) Print group name for each tag -j[[+]=JSONFILE] (-json) Export/im…

manualbookworm

manpages.debian.org

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed exiftool against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.