I'm intending to check the color mode on any TIF files modified after a certain date. I'm on Windows, and this is the command I've been using to test:
exiftool -ext tif -if "$FileModifyDate ge '2023:09:01'" -execute -ext tif -if "$ColorMode eq 'RGB' " -CreateDate -ColorMode -filemodifydate \\Path to files
The first -if works correctly, meaning it only shows me files modified after 9/1/23 and outputs my three fields. When I add the -execute and second -if it seems to complete ignore that and returns any file matching the second condition.
Also, if I don't also include the -ext tif on the second part it process all files, not just TIF.
What am I doing wrong? I've seen several examples and I think I'm using the same syntax but I'm probably missing something silly.
I'm just dumb. I was looking at the wrong examples. I didn't realize I could do "and" in the -if.
Quote from: pwade on September 07, 2023, 01:31:04 PMWhen I add the -execute and second -if it seems to complete ignore that and returns any file matching the second condition.
Also, if I don't also include the -ext tif on the second part it process all files, not just TIF.
From the docs on the
-execute option (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#execute-NUM)
QuoteExecute command for all arguments up to this point on the command line (plus any arguments specified by -common_args).
Everything before the
-execute is a completely separate command than what follows after. Nothing carries over. The only things that will apply to both will be anything that follows the
-Common_Args option (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#common_args).
Your command as written is the equivalent to running these two separate commands. The first half should have simply failed with a
No file specified error, as no paths or files were included in the first half.
exiftool -ext tif -if "$FileModifyDate ge '2023:09:01'"
exiftool -execute -ext tif -if "$ColorMode eq 'RGB' " -CreateDate -ColorMode -filemodifydate \\Path to filesIt sounds like you have it figured out, but just as an example, a proper command using execute would have been this, assuming you were looking for the two items separately. Notice that you do not need to have a second
-execute at the end of the second half of the command. That's a mistake that took me some time to figure out.
exiftool -if "$FileModifyDate ge '2023:09:01'" -execute -if "$ColorMode eq 'RGB'" -Common_Args -ext tif -CreateDate -ColorMode -filemodifydate \\Path to files