IPTC caption

[elm1430]

Hello,

I want to copy filenames to IPTC captions.  I'm using the following:

    exiftool "-iptc:caption-abstract<filename" *.jpg

exiftool works fine but the above command copies the '.jpg' extensions too.
What command should I use to to not include extensions?

Thank you,
Ed Marvin

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Ed,

If you install the sample config file from the full exiftool distribution, then use BaseName instead of FileName in your command, you should get what you want.

- Phil

[elm1430]

Thanks Phil,

I'm still a bit confused about which folders to use. I need to study the documentation more. No involved reply necessary at this time. But I have one small question. Is the 'dot' in -config ".ExifTool_config" significant? I assumed it is and used Windows 'rename' to insert it.

Ed

[elm1430]

Hello Phil,

Problem solved. The -config file worked.
Thanks for such a great tool.

Ed Marvin

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Marvin,

The file name is only significant (with leading dot) if the config file is being loaded automatically.  Loading it manually with the -config option you can use any file name.

- Phil