exif Command Examples

Show and change EXIF information in JPEG files. More information: https://github.com/libexif/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 --list-tags --no-fixup {{image.jpg}}

• Extract the image thumbnail into the file thumbnail.jpg:

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

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

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

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

exif --output={{new.jpg}} --ifd={{0}} --tag="{{Artist}}" --set-value="{{John Smith}}" --no-fixup {{image.jpg}}