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ExifTool => The "exiftool" Application => Topic started by: redir on May 19, 2015, 03:45:34 PM

Title: Is it possible to dump the tag DB? or specific tags?
Post by: redir on May 19, 2015, 03:45:34 PM
Curious if there is a way to look up the type of a tag like to tell me what type that value is.

Like:

exiftool -some -options -IPTC:DocumentNotes
that would output something like

ID: 230   Name:DocumentNotes   string[0,1024]

Alternatively it would be fine to dump all the fields and grep. It would be nice to not have to go to a web page or PDF to look up the info. However I expect this isn't a feature as its usefulness is dubious. Is anything like this possible?

Thanks
Title: Re: Is it possible to dump the tag DB? or specific tags?
Post by: Phil Harvey on May 19, 2015, 07:03:48 PM
You could possibly parse the tag name documentation (http://search.cpan.org/dist/Image-ExifTool/lib/Image/ExifTool/TagNames.pod).

otherwise, the -listx command comes the closest to what you are requesting:

exiftool -listx -iptc:all

- Phil
Title: Re: Is it possible to dump the tag DB? or specific tags?
Post by: redir on May 19, 2015, 07:15:08 PM
Excellent thanks again, Phil.