Problem with -listx -lang en -execute

[user2014]

Hi,
using this command "-listx -lang en -execute"
"-lang en" is not working - I get the descriptions in all (!!!) languages - not only english.
On stderr I get

Invalid TAG name: "lang en"
No file specified

Is something wrong with my command?

Executing this command on the command line
"exiftool.exe -listx -lang en" works as expected - I get only english descriptions.

Bye
Erwin

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Erwin,

This should work, but there could be one of 3 things going wrong here:

1. Exactly how are you submitting this command?  On the command line?  If in an argfile, be sure that each argument is on a separate line.

2. Make sure there are plain ASCII spaces between the arguments if using the command line.  Funny Unicode spaces could cause problems like this.

3. What version of ExifTool are you using?

- Phil

[user2014]

Hello Phil,

1. exiftool is startet with "-stay_open True -@ -"
    each argument is on a separate  line, eg. "-lang en" is a single line
2. yes, plain ASCII spaces, other commands are working correctly
    to be sure I checked the transfered ASCII values: 45 108 97 110 103 32 101 110 13 10 - I think it's OK
3. Version 11.91

Thanks
Bye
Erwin

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Erwin,

    each argument is on a separate  line, eg. "-lang en" is a single line

That is 2 arguments (the -lang option requires an additional argument). So "-lang" and "en" must be on separate lines.

- Phil

[user2014]

Hello Phil,

that's it !!!
I would have never put it on two lines.
It was always one argument for me.

Thanks again.
Bye
Erwin