exif

Show all EXIF information in an image

$ exif [path/to/image.jpg]

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

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

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

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

exif [options] files

exif shows and modifies EXIF metadata in JPEG files. EXIF data contains camera settings, date/time, GPS coordinates, and other image information.
Command-line tool for quick EXIF inspection and modification.

-l, --list-tags

List known EXIF tags

Extract embedded thumbnail

Output file for operations

Specify tag name

Set tag to value

Select IFD (0 or 1)

Machine-readable output

Don't fix malformed data

Only works with JPEG files. Some tags are read-only. Use --no-fixup when modifying to preserve original data structure.

exiftool(1), jhead(1), identify(1)