Exiftool with YAD on Linux

[rodertroy]

I created the following bash script for use with YAD (yet another dialog). It's for adding certain metadata for uploading images to Flickr. Can be used with Thunar Custom Actions. I posted a tutorial on my blog: https://birchwell.github.io/posts/thunar-custom-action-exiftool-add-metadata/



Bash Script:

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#!/bin/bash

exiftoolform=$(yad --title "ExifTool" --form --width=700 --columns=2 --field="Artist:" --field="Copyright:" --field="City:" --field="State:" --field="Country:" --field="Creator:" --field="Rights:" --field="By-line:" --field="Headline:" --field="Description:" --field="Keywords 1:" --field="Keywords 2:" --field="Keywords 3:" --field="Keywords 4:" --field="Keywords 5:" --field="Keywords 6:" --field="Keywords 7:" --field="Keywords 8:" "John Doe" "(c) 2015 John Doe" "Chicago" "Illinois" "United States" "John Doe" "(c) 2015 John Doe" "John Doe")

OldIFS="$IFS"; IFS='|' # Save the old IFS value to OldIFS and give the new value to IFS.
read ARTIST COPYRIGHT CITY STATE COUNTRY CREATOR RIGHTS BYLINE HEADLINE DESCRIPTION KEYWORDSONE KEYWORDSTWO KEYWORDSTHREE KEYWORDSFOUR KEYWORDSFIVE KEYWORDSSIX KEYWORDSSEVEN KEYWORDSEIGHT <<< "$exiftoolform"
IFS="$OldIFS" # Give IFS back its original value.

exiftool -artist="$ARTIST" -copyright="$COPYRIGHT" -city="$CITY" -state="$STATE" -country="$COUNTRY" -creator="$CREATOR" -rights="$RIGHTS" -byline="$BYLINE" -headline="$HEADLINE" -description="$DESCRIPTION" -keywords="$KEYWORDSONE" -keywords="$KEYWORDSTWO" -keywords="$KEYWORDSTHREE" -keywords="$KEYWORDSFOUR" -keywords="$KEYWORDSFIVE" -keywords="$KEYWORDSSIX" -keywords="$KEYWORDSSEVEN" -keywords="$KEYWORDSEIGHT" $@


[Phil Harvey]

Thanks for the post!

- Phil

[rodertroy]

Sure! I had help with it from the YAD Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/yad-common/t2Nov5_3yzA.