Hello everyone,
first thanks you for this exelent tools, i learn on it each days but this time i dont understand how to add -TAG to a CSVFILE without overwrite it.
i ve try this :
exiftool -keywords -csv /mydirectory/ > myfile.csv it works well!
now when i try:
exiftool -IPTC:Caption-Abstract -ext jpg /mydirectory/ -csv+=/mycsvdirectory/myfile.csvQuoteIgnored superfluous tag name or invalid option: -IPTC:Caption-Abstract
1 directories scanned
30 image files updated
i ve tried a lot of combinaison but i dont find the right thing.
thank you :)
A CSV file cannot be updated with new information by exiftool.
A workaround would be to create a new csv file with the info you wish to add and then merge it either through a spreadsheet program like Excel or OpenOffice Calc, or something like CSVKit (https://csvkit.readthedocs.io/en/1.0.2/index.html) on the command line.
Quote from: StarGeek on July 03, 2019, 12:12:57 PM
A CSV file cannot be updated with new information by exiftool.
A workaround would be to create a new csv file with the info you wish to add and then merge it either through a spreadsheet program like Excel or OpenOffice Calc, or something like CSVKit (https://csvkit.readthedocs.io/en/1.0.2/index.html) on the command line.
Ooooh ok :/
thanks for the quick reply!
then you mean that we can do :
exiftool [option] -csv+=CSVFILE /mydirectory/CSVFILE2
?
That command will update all the files in /mydirectory/CSVFILE2 that have a corresponding entry in CSVFILE with the metadata in CSVFILE. In other words, it will import data from the csv file to the image files. The use of += will is a special case for list type tags in the image files, such as keywords. For example, if IMG_001.jpg has keywords John, Jane, and Alex, and the CSV file has Laura under keywords, then -csv+=CSVFILE means that Laura will be added to the keywords, resulting in John, Jane, Alex, and Laura, whereas -csv=CSVFILE means that the previous keywords would be overwritten and Laura would be the only keyword in the file.
If you need to add new data to a CSV file, you need to either run a command to create a new CSV file or edit the old one by hand.
Thanks for this explain.
So,I ve find what i need :P:
exiftool -tagsfromfile %d%f.jpg '-DestTAG<SrcTAG' /mydirectory/
that copy each tag from file to file with the same sourcefile.