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title: "exiftool"
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tags: [ "metadata", "exifdata" ]
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---
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2020-01-02 00:04:35 +00:00
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Find metadata:
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```sh
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exiftool "$file".jpg
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```
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Find info on all `.png` images in current directory.
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```sh
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exiftool -ext .png .
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```
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You can make this recurring with the -r switch.
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And overwrite all metadata:
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```sh
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exiftool -all= -overwrite_original -ext jpg .
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```
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(NB: This does not work on pdf data. See [here](pdf_erasure.md) for erasing all pdf data)
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Or just GPS data:
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```sh
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exiftool -gps:all= *.jpg
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```
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