Bug? Tags saved with quotes

Started by _alexs_, July 16, 2012, 09:52:47 AM

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_alexs_

Just found that exiftool writes user-defined tags including single quotes. For example, if I write tag with command
exiftool -Specie='Canis lupus' image.jpg
Then tag value saved as 'Canis lupus' including this single quotes. IMHO, it is much better to strip this quotes and save tag value without them

BogdanH

Hi,

If you're on Windows, use double quotes, i.e.:
exiftool -Specie="Canis lupus" image.jpg

Bogdan

_alexs_

Thanks for the answer, but unfortunately it didn't work. I tried with single and double quotes and always this quotes are added to tag value.

StarGeek

Maybe try quotes around the whole section?

exiftool "-Specie=Canis lupus" image.jpg
* Did you read FAQ #3 and use the command listed there?
* Please use the Code button for exiftool code/output.
 
* Please include your OS, Exiftool version, and type of file you're processing (MP4, JPG, etc).

_alexs_

Great, thanks! With quotes around whole option it works