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ExifTool => Bug Reports / Feature Requests => Topic started by: nl on August 05, 2020, 02:38:37 PM

Title: End of options with --
Post by: nl on August 05, 2020, 02:38:37 PM
Hi,

Would it be possible to add an option '--' to exiftool?
It should signal that there will be no more options, only files after the '--'.

Regards, Mike Jonkmans
Title: Re: End of options with --
Post by: Phil Harvey on August 05, 2020, 05:21:11 PM
Hi Mike,

This option already exists.

- Phil
Title: Re: End of options with --
Post by: StarGeek on August 05, 2020, 07:35:48 PM
Link
-- option (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#pod)
Title: Re: End of options with --
Post by: nl on August 06, 2020, 02:43:04 AM
Thanks for the swift answers.

exiftool -datetime* -- IMAG1121.jpg
Unknown option --

exiftool -ver
10.80

So this is an older version :(  latest is 12.03
Time to upgrade...

Anyway awesome program!

Regards, Mike