Concatenating Fields

[MrPhil]

Sorry, but I should be able to get this to work - but I can't. Maybe I need more coffee

I want to concatenate two fields into one...

Destination field - ImageDescription

Source Fields - IPTC.ObjectName  and IPTC.Caption-Abstract

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exiftool "-ImageDescription<$ObjectName $Caption-Abstract" {file}
I get the error:

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Warning: No writable tags set from {file}
    0 image files updated
    1 image files unchanged
I know I am doing something silly, but I can't see it

Thanks

[StarGeek]

Do both tags exist?  What OS are you using?

The command you gave works in Windows CMD as long as both ObjectName and Caption-Abstract. If one of them doesn't exist, then you should get a warning like
Warning: [minor] Tag 'Caption-Abstract' not defined

If you are not using Windows CMD, then change the double quotes into single quotes.

[MrPhil]

That was it :-)

MacOS - Changed the double-quotes to single-quotes.

Many thanks

Phil