exiv2 Command Examples

Image metadata manipulation tool. More information: https://www.exiv2.org/manpage.html.

• Print a summary of the image Exif metadata:

exiv2 {{path/to/file}}

• Print all metadata (Exif, IPTC, XMP) with interpreted values:

exiv2 {{[-P|-Print]}} kt {{path/to/file}}

• Print all metadata with raw values:

exiv2 {{[-P|-Print]}} kv {{path/to/file}}

• Delete all metadata from an image:

exiv2 {{[-d|--delete]}} a {{path/to/file}}

• Delete all metadata, preserving the file timestamp:

exiv2 {{[-d|--delete]}} a {{[-k|--keep]}} {{path/to/file}}

• Rename the file, prepending the date and time from metadata (not from the file timestamp):

exiv2 {{[-r|--rename]}} {{'%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_:basename:'}} {{path/to/file}}