Hello,
I'm trying to generate a csv file for files (pdf odt and docx) containing a specific keyword.
It's ok for pdf and docx files but if I had odt files... nothing is working.
It's quite weird because if I do it only for odt files, it's working.
Here are the command :
exiftool.exe -r -ext pdf -ext docx -if "qq($keywords $subject)=~/keyword/i" -FileName -subject -keywords -filetype C:\directory\ > file.csv
is working
exiftool.exe -r -ext odt -if "$keyword=~/keyword/i" -FileName -keyword -filetype C:\Directory\ > file.csv
is working
exiftool.exe -r -ext odt -ext pdf -docx -if "$subject=~/keyword/i | $keywords=~/keyword/i | $keyword=~/keyword/i" -FileName -filetype C:\directory\ > file.csv
is not working
exiftool.exe -r -ext odt -ext pdf -ext docx -if "qq($subject $keywords $keyword)=~/keyword/i" -FileName -filetype C:\directory\ > file.csv
is not working
Does anyone have an idea of what's happening ?
ExifTool version : 12.59
thanks in advance
What exactly do you mean by doesn't work? In what way doesn't it work? What is the expected output?
I suspect that this is a FAQ #3 (https://exiftool.org/faq.html#Q3). A quick check of the odt files I have (only 98 of them) shows that none of them have a Subject, Keywords, or Keyword tag.
I have not result, the csv file is empty if the operation is done on pdf docx and odt files.
But, if I run ET only on pdf and docx files, it's good, files matching the "keywords term" are selected.
If I run ET only on odt files, it's also good, the matching files are in the csv files.
but, in this scenario, I got 2 csv files.
For pdf files, I search the "keyword term" on keywords or subject tags. "Keywords term" for docx files are stored in keywords tags.
But for odt files, they are stored in "keyword tag" (with no S at the end) (according -G4).
It's the reason why I tried
"qq($subject $keywords $keyword)=~/keyword/i"
with no result.
If a tag does not exist in a file, then that part is automatically false. So if any of the tags in the qq operation don't exist, then that will fail. Note that under Windows in versions before version 12.41 (https://exiftool.org/ancient_history.html#v12.41), there was a long standing bug where an non-existent tag would have a default value of false/0. This is a mistake I still keep making and have to think carefully about.
The pipe character | is a bitwise or. You want to use the logical or, which is simply or
Try this.
-if "($subject and $subject=~/keyword/i) or ($keywords and $keywords=~/keyword/i) or ($keyword and $keyword=~/keyword/i)"
Example output
C:\>exiftool -G1 -a -s -Subject -Keywords y:\!temp\Test4.jpg
[IPTC] Keywords : Keyword1
C:\>exiftool -G1 -a -s -if "($subject and $subject=~/keyword/i) or ($keywords and $keywords=~/keyword/i) or ($keyword and $keyword=~/keyword/i)" -Subject -Keywords -Keyword y:\!temp\Test4.jpg
[IPTC] Keywords : Keyword1
Quote from: StarGeek on April 02, 2023, 02:49:01 PMunder Windows in versions before version 12.41 (https://exiftool.org/ancient_history.html#v12.41), there was a long standing bug where an non-existent tag would have a default value of false/0.
Add the
-m option if you want this behaviour with newer versions.
- Phil
Edit: Oh. This works for -p, but not -if. Let me think about this.Edit2: I could make this the behaviour for -if as well. I wonder how much this would break people's existing commands?
Quote from: Phil Harvey on April 02, 2023, 02:59:47 PMAdd the -m option if you want this behaviour with newer versions.
Ah, yes. I can see how that works.
Relevant line from the
-m (
-ignoreMinorErrors) option (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#m--ignoreMinorErrors) docs
Note that this causes missing values in -tagsFromFile, -p and -if strings to be set to an empty string rather than an undefined value.
Quote from: StarGeek on April 02, 2023, 04:17:03 PMNote that this causes missing values in -tagsFromFile, -p and -if strings to be set to an empty string rather than an undefined value.
Thanks for pointing this out. Since I've already documented this I will go ahead and fix it in version 12.60.
- Phil
Thanks a lot for the explanation. I fear to become crazy because I thought it was working before... but now, I understand, it was before version 12.41 :-) Thanks StarGeek :-)
I run the new script on a test folder and it's working fine. It's currently working on the "production folder".