exif Command Examples

Show and change EXIF information in JPEG files. More information: https://manned.org/exif.

• Show all recognized EXIF information in an image:

exif {{path/to/image.jpg}}

• Show a table listing known EXIF tags and whether each one exists in an image:

exif {{[-l|--list-tags]}} --no-fixup {{path/to/image.jpg}}

• Extract the image thumbnail into a separate file:

exif {{[-e|--extract-thumbnail]}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/thumbnail.jpg}} {{path/to/image.jpg}}

• Show the raw contents of the "Model" tag in the given image:

exif --ifd {{0}} {{[-t|--tag]}} "Model" {{[-m|--machine-readable]}} {{path/to/image.jpg}}

• Change the value of the "Artist" tag to John Smith and save to new.jpg:

exif {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/new.jpg}} --ifd {{0}} {{[-t|--tag]}} "Artist" --set-value "John Smith" --no-fixup {{path/to/image.jpg}}