ExifTool is a platform-independent Perl library plus a command-line application for reading, writing and editing meta information in a wide variety of files.

You can now run exiftool by typing " exiftool " in a Terminal window. If this doesn't work, then it is likely you have an older version of MacOS for which /usr/local/bin isn't in the default PATH.

If TYPE is ExifTool or not specified, this option sets the ExifTool character encoding for output tag values when reading and input values when writing, with a default of UTF8.

The exiftool -charset option may be used to encode the exiftool output for a specific Windows code page, which may help display some special characters, but instead it may be better to …

exiftool -r -w .txt -common pictures Recursively extract common meta information from files in C directory, writing text output into files with the same names but with a C<.txt> extension.

By clicking on ExifTool direct button, you get an input field where ExifTool commands can be entered and executed: Note: Don't need to write "exiftool" here -GUI will take care of calling …

The Image::ExifTool Perl Library Module Description The Image::ExifTool library provides a set of Perl modules to read and write meta information in a wide variety of image, audio, video and …

First you must install ExifTool. If you have not done so already, follow the installation instructions for your platform before proceeding, then refer to the appropriate section below to get started …

Dec 17, 2025 · The EXIF meta information is organized into different Image File Directories (IFD's) within an image. The names of these IFD's correspond to the ExifTool family 1 group …

Apr 2, 2009 · ExifTool reads orientation information from the PTNTHPR sentence generated by some Honeywell digital compasses. This is a proprietary NMEA sentence which contains …