Adding Keyword if it does not exist

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[Originally posted by heiko on 2007-12-04 16:17:44-08]

Hello,

I like to add a keyword only if this keyword does not exists. I've tried the following:

exiftool "-Keywords+=hugo" -if "not $Keywords=~/hugo/" *.jpg

but I always get the message "x files failed condition". Can you say me whats wrong with this condition?

Heiko

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2007-12-04 16:31:08-08]

Hi Heiko,

What you have done should work in Windows.  If you are in Unix, you would
need to use single quotes instead.

I copied your exact command and it works fine for me here.

You can test your condition with an extract command.  Try these:

Code:

exiftool -keywords -if "not $Keywords=~/hugo/" *.jpg

 exiftool -keywords -if "$Keywords=~/hugo/" *.jpg

The first command should print keywords for all files without "hugo" in the keywords,
and the second should print all the keywords with "hugo".

- Phil

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[Originally posted by heiko on 2007-12-04 16:41:02-08]

oh, sorry Phil,

all my tests with hugo. hugo was already in the keywords. Your are right, it works ..

Heiko