The solution Phil gave in this archived thread (https://exiftool.org/forum/index.php/topic,1664.0.html) as working in the Windows command prompt also works in BASH 4.x with Exiftool 8.77 in other environments as well, specifically Cygwin and Ubuntu 11.04, in both of which I have 8.77 installed. Gnome users will be pleased that EOG (ie, ImageViewer) for that Ubuntu version sees the changes correctly in Image>Properties:Details (tab), Other (submenu).
I was hoping to find an Exiftool solution since I've been gradually converting my BASH scripts from Exiv2 to Exiftool, owing mainly to the fact that Pierre Gougelet's XnView "Browser>XMP" tab shows Phil's XMP code more readably than it does Andreas Huggel's. And M. Gougelet also made Exiftool part of his multi-platform XnView betas, so after six years of using E2 almost exclusively, I'm starting to see why he made that choice.
BZT
Thanks for the post.
I suggest you upgrade to a more recent version of ExifTool. Version 8.77 is 2 years old, and metadata has changed a fair bit since then.
- Phil
Phil:
No doubt it has. And were either of the machines on which I have Exiftool installed on the Net, I'd upgrade ASAP. But I suspect, since 8.77 is two years old, it would probably be as good to bring what I have it installed on up-to-date as well. So it's a case of "make do until," and I figure I could be worse off than this.
BZT