NAME

       iptc - Utility for viewing and modifying the contents of IPTC metadata in images.

SYNOPSIS

       iptc [[-q] | [--quiet]] [[-b] | [--backup]] [[-s] | [--sort]] [[-v VALUE] |
            [--value=VALUE]] [[[-l] | [--list]] [[-L TAGS] | [--list-desc=TAGS]] [[-a TAGS] |
            [--add=TAGS]] [[-m TAGS] | [--modify=TAGS]] [[-d TAGS] | [--delete=TAGS]] [[-p TAGS]
            | [--print=TAGS]]] [--help] [--version] [file...]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the iptc command.

       This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original
       program does not have a manual page.

       iptc is a IPTC data editor. You can add, modify and delete ITPC metadata in images. You
       can also get the value of a particular tag.

       -q, --quiet
           Produce less verbose output.

       -b, --backup
           Backup any modified files.

       -s, --sort
           Sort tags before displaying or saving.

       --help
           Display an help message and exit.

       --version
           Display an iptc version number and exit.

       -l, --list
           List the name of all known tags (i.e. Caption, etc).

       -L TAG, --list-desc=TAG
           Print the name and description of TAG.

       -a TAG, --add=TAG
           Add new tag with identifier TAG.

       -m TAG, --modify=TAG
           Modify tag with identifier TAG (add if not present).

       -v VALUE, --value=VALUE
           Value for added/modified tag.

       -d TAG, --delete=TAG
           Delete tag with identifier TAG.

       -p TAG, --print=TAG
           Print value of tag with identifier TAG.

       file
           Files to edit.

EXAMPLES

       Display the IPTC metadata contained in image.jpg: iptc image.jpg

       Set caption "Foo" in all jpegs of the current dir: iptc -m Caption -v "Foo" *.jpg

       Add keyword "vacation" to all jpegs: iptc -a Keywords -v "vacation" *.jpg

LICENSE

       This manual page was written by Sylvain Le Gall <gildor@debian.org> for the Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute
       and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License,
       Version 2.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; considering as
       source code all the file that enable the production of this manpage.

AUTHOR

       Sylvain Le Gall <gildor at-smtp-server debian.org>
           Author.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2007 Sylvain Le Gall

[FIXME: source]                            Jan 17, 2007                                   IPTC(1)