ExifTool

High-coverage metadata inspection and editing across a huge range of file types.

When to use ExifTool

Use ExifTool when you need to:

• dump metadata from images, videos, PDFs, archives, or binaries
• extract GPS, EXIF, XMP, IPTC, ICC, and embedded-preview information
• compare, copy, or transform metadata between files
• batch process directories recursively
• geotag images from GPS logs or normalize timestamp fields

Quick Start

# Read everything ExifTool considers available
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