Output messages shown as error in PowerShell

[Tardisdude]

Hi!

I'm using the portable version of ExifTool 13.25 (without the -k in the executable filename) to extract tags from files in a directory to a CSV from a PowerShell script.

When using the -csv option, output messages such as "X directories scanned", "X image files read" and the output from the -progress option are shown as errors. The same thing happens when using the -j (JSON) option.

I've tried redirecting STDERR to STDOUT with 2>&1 with no success. This issue is not present when ExifTool is run from the command line.

Would anyone have any idea on how to output these message as STDOUT?

[FrankB]

In ExifToolGui you can create a PS script. here is a sample:

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exiftool  -echo4 `{readyxx`} -CHARSET FILENAME=UTF8 -v0 -overwrite_original -sep * -m -c %.6f° -API WindowsWideFile=1 -API WindowsLongPath=1 -exif:all _IGP0002.dng -executexx 2>&1 | %{"$_"}

This is the interesting part.

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2>&1 | %{"$_"}
Hope it helps

[Phil Harvey]

You could add -q to suppress these messages if you wanted.

- Phil

[Tardisdude]

Thank you both for the replies

[elhiero]

I had the same problem ...
I don't remember how it worked, an AI helped me get the Exiftool responses in a file, and keep the report messages on the console withot causing an error

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        $TempFile = "$BaseFolder\TempFile.txt"
        if (Test-Path $TempFile) { Remove-Item $TempFile }
        Write-Host -NoNewline " ExifTool ... " ;

        & $ExifToolName -m -F -r -ext jpg -p $ExifToolArgs "$FolderPath" 1>>$TempFile 2>>null
        Write-Host -NoNewline "$error "
        Add-Content -Path $BaseFolder\$LogFile -Value "$error"
        $Error.Clear()

        if (Test-Path $TempFile) {
            $ExifData = Get-Content $TempFile
            $FormattedExifData = $ExifData -join " "
            $Line += " $FormattedExifData"
            Remove-Item $TempFile
        }