Batch Processing Images Using ExifTool + Terminal

[Thrasher]

Hi All,

First post on the forum so apologies if this has been covered already - please dont shout at me.

I would like to extract EXIF info from a batch of around 30 images.
I would like to use terminal on Mac and save the data into a Word document or Excel.

Is there a way of automating the process? Instead of dragging images individually into Terminal and hitting return then copying / pasting to Word ?

I am sure there's a way of dragging images into terminal and creating a CSV file - i just cant figure it out.

Thanks in advance.

[Phil Harvey]

The basic command looks like this:

exiftool -csv DIR > out.csv

- Phil

[Thrasher]

So I open terminal > Copy "exiftool -csv DIR > out.csv" > Paste > drag images into terminal > hit return. This does not create a CSV file for me unfortunately.
What am I doing wrong?

[Thrasher]

I have pasted the file directory in now and get: 1 directories scanned 5 image files read. But no CSV file has been made. Please help.

[StarGeek]

The CSV file will be made in the current directory used by Terminal, which isn't necessarily the same as the files you dropped onto the Terminal window.  You can add a full path to create it in another place. 

Also, you replace DIR with the directories/files you want to process.  It's not part of the command.

[Thrasher]

Sorted. I was trying to process TIFF files. Then switched to JPEG's - bingo.

Thanks.