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ExifTool => Newbies => Topic started by: goldeneye243 on May 27, 2021, 02:12:13 AM

Title: Importing from CSV file
Post by: goldeneye243 on May 27, 2021, 02:12:13 AM
EDIT - Fixed, I needed to add the -r command

Typical newbie question I suspect!

I'm not too familiar with using the command line I'm afraid.

I managed to successfully use the tool to export lots of data to a CSV file, I used the following command which worked perfectly -

C:\Users\john>exiftool -csv -r C:\Users\john\Desktop\exif >C:\Users\john\Desktop\exif\out.csv

I then fixed some of the data in the CSV file and now want to import it to the same images. I'm just not sure what the correct command to do that is!

Thanks in advance for any help!

John

Title: Re: Importing from CSV file
Post by: StarGeek on May 27, 2021, 10:55:08 AM
It helps to understand the the CSV file is simply a lookup table, not a list of files to process.  When importing, exiftool will compare the file being processed to see if there is an entry in the CSV file.