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Title: linebreaks in imagedescription field
Post by: Archive on May 12, 2010, 08:54:32 AM

[Originally posted by linuxuser on 2009-03-10 11:28:18-07]

How do I have to code linebreaks in the imagedescription field?

I tried

Code:

\n\n\ and \r\r

.

I would like to do in a linux shell:

Code:

exiftool -q -q -s -s -s -IMAGEDESCRIPTION "$FILE" >> "$DESCRTXT"

Code:

cat "$DESCRTXT"

and the linebreaks should be shown.

Title: Re: linebreaks in imagedescription field
Post by: Archive on May 12, 2010, 08:54:32 AM

[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-03-10 14:10:10-07]

There are many different ways to do this. I suggest using the -p
option, where '$/' represents a newline in the format string:

Code:

exiftool -p '$imagedescription$/' "$FILE" >> "$DESCRTXT"

- Phil

Title: Re: linebreaks in imagedescription field
Post by: Archive on May 12, 2010, 08:54:32 AM

[Originally posted by linuxuser on 2009-03-10 15:19:50-07]

Thanks Phil!

Since you said, that there are more possibilities, what would you recommend, if 2 in a current imagedescription field should mark 2 paragraphs/linebreaks?

Title: Re: linebreaks in imagedescription field
Post by: Archive on May 12, 2010, 08:54:32 AM

[Originally posted by linuxuser on 2009-03-10 15:24:04-07]

Sorry for the typo, it should be:

Since you said, that there are more possibilities, what would you recommend, if 2 space characters in a current imagedescription field should mark 2 paragraphs/linebreaks in the output of exiftool?

Title: Re: linebreaks in imagedescription field
Post by: Archive on May 12, 2010, 08:54:32 AM

[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-03-10 15:55:34-07]

If I understand you correctly, you're now talking about translating
characters in output tag values. Creating a user-defined Composite
tag is the way to do this.

- Phil

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