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NAME

       exif - shows EXIF information in JPEG files

SYNOPSIS

       exif [ OPTION ] [ file... ]

DESCRIPTION

       exif is a small command-line utility to show and change EXIF information in JPEG files.

       Most digital cameras produce EXIF files, which are JPEG files with extra tags that contain
       information about the image. The  exif  command-line  utility  allows  you  to  read  EXIF
       information  from  and  write  EXIF  information to those files.  exif internally uses the
       libexif library.

       Each input file given on the command line is acted upon in turn,  using  all  the  options
       given.  Execution  will  be  aborted  immediately  if one file is not readable or does not
       contain EXIF tags.

       As EXIF tags are read, any unknown ones are discarded and  known  ones  are  automatically
       converted  into  the correct format, if they aren't already.  Corrupted MakerNote tags are
       also removed, but no format changes are made.

OPTIONS

       -v, --version
              Display the exif version number.

       -i, --ids
              Show ID numbers instead of tag names.

       -t, --tag=TAG
              Select only this TAG.  TAG is the tag title, the short tag name, or the tag  number
              (hexadecimal numbers are prefixed with 0x), from the IFD specified with --ifd.  The
              tag title is dependent on the current locale, whereas name and number  are  locale-
              independent.

       --ifd=IFD
              Select  a  tag  or tags from this IFD.  Valid IFDs are "0", "1", "EXIF", "GPS", and
              "Interoperability".  Defaults to "0".

       -l, --list-tags
              List all known EXIF tags and IFDs.  A JPEG image must be provided, and  those  tags
              which  appear  in the file are shown with an asterisk in the corresponding position
              in the list.

       -|, --show-mnote
              Show the contents of the MakerNote tag.  The contents of this tag  are  nonstandard
              (and  often  undocumented)  and  may  therefore  not  be recognized, or if they are
              recognized they may not necessarily be interpreted correctly.

       --remove
              Remove the tag or (if no tag is specified) the entire IFD.

       -s, --show-description
              Show description of tag.  The --tag option must also be given.

       -e, --extract-thumbnail
              Extract the thumbnail, writing the thumbnail  image  to  the  file  specified  with
              --output.

       -r, --remove-thumbnail
              Remove  the  thumbnail  from the image, writing the new image to the file specified
              with --output.

       -n, --insert-thumbnail=FILE
              Insert FILE as thumbnail.  No attempt is made to ensure that the contents  of  FILE
              are in a valid thumbnail format.

       --no-fixup
              Do  not  attempt to fix EXIF specification violations when reading tags.  When used
              in conjunction with  --create-exif,  this  option  inhibits  the  creation  of  the
              mandatory  tags.   exif  will  otherwise  remove  illegal or unknown tags, add some
              mandatory tags using default values, and change the data type of some tags to match
              that required by the specification.

       -o, --output=FILE
              Write  output image to FILE.  If this option is not given and an image file must be
              written,  the  name  used  is  the  same  as  the  input  file  with   the   suffix
              ".modified.jpeg".

       --set-value=VALUE
              Set  the data for the tag specified with --tag and --ifd to VALUE.  Compound values
              consisting of multiple components are separated with spaces.

       -c, --create-exif
              Create EXIF data if it does not exist. Mandatory  tags  are  created  with  default
              values  unless  the --no-fixup option is given.  This option can be used instead of
              specifying an input file name in most cases, to operate on the  default  values  of
              the  mandatory  set  of EXIF tags.  In this case, the --output option has no effect
              and no file is written.

       -m, --machine-readable
              Produce output in a machine-readable (tab-delimited) format.  The --xml-output  and
              --machine-readable options are mutually exclusive.

       -w, --width=N
              Set  the  maximum  width  of the output to N characters (default 80). This does not
              apply to some output formats (e.g. XML).

       -x, --xml-output
              Produce  output  in  an  XML  format  (when  possible).    The   --xml-output   and
              --machine-readable  options  are  mutually  exclusive.   Note  that  the XML schema
              changes with the locale, and it sometimes produces invalid XML. This option is  not
              recommended.

       -d, --debug
              Show debugging messages. Also, when processing a file that contains corrupted data,
              this option causes exif to attempt to continue processing. Normally, corrupted data
              causes an abort.

   Help options
       -?, --help
              Show help message.

       --usage
              Display brief usage message.

EXAMPLES

       Display all recognized EXIF tags in an image and the tag contents, with bad tags fixed:

              exif image.jpg

       Display  a  table  listing  all  known  EXIF tags and whether each one exists in the given
       image:

              exif --list-tags --no-fixup image.jpg

       Display details on all XResolution tags found in the given image:

              exif --tag=XResolution --no-fixup image.jpg

       Display the raw contents of the "Model" tag in the given image (with a  newline  character
       appended):

              exif --ifd=0 --tag=Model --machine-readable image.jpg

       Extract the thumbnail into the file thumbnail.jpg:

              exif --extract-thumbnail --output=thumbnail.jpg image.jpg

       Display  a  list  of the numeric values of only the EXIF tags in the thumbnail IFD (IFD 1)
       and the tag values:

              exif --ids --ifd=1 --no-fixup image.jpg

       Display the meaning of tag 0x9209 in the "EXIF" IFD according to the EXIF specification:

              exif --show-description --ifd=EXIF --tag=0x9209

       Add an Orientation tag with value "bottom -  left"  to  an  existing  image,  leaving  the
       existing tags untouched:

              exif --output=new.jpg --ifd=0 --tag=0x0112 --set-value=4 --no-fixup image.jpg

       Add  a  YCbCr Sub-Sampling tag with value 2,1 (a.k.a YCbCr 4:2:2) to an existing image and
       fix the existing tags, if necessary:

              exif --output=new.jpg --tag=YCbCrSubSampling --ifd=0 --set-value='2 1' image.jpg

       Display a table with all known EXIF tags, highlighting mandatory ones:

              exif -cl

AUTHOR

       exif was written by Lutz Mueller <lutz@users.sourceforge.net> and  numerous  contributors.
       This man page is Copyright © 2002-2012 Thomas Pircher, Dan Fandrich and others.

SEE ALSO

       http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/libexif