Command Line Output

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[Originally posted by downed on 2008-10-06 18:27:42-07]

Hi Everyone:

Having some issues with simple output. Not sure what I'm missing. Trying to output with -T but it doesn't display the tag names:

Command:

exiftool -XMP-Marcom:* IMG_000462.JPG -T

Output:

_____________________________________

 Logo   Nope   2008-10-03      FPO   Shuffle   Dutch, English   open source   Sweet Pooch   aaaajx   United States      2008-09-03   Current   MGM   Asia/Pac South America

_____________________________________

Also trying just -t

Command:

exiftool -XMP-Marcom:* IMG_000462.JPG -t

Command:

exiftool -XMP-Marcom:* IMG_000462.JPG -t

Output:

_____________________________________

Content   Logo

Content Parameters   Nope

End Date   2008-10-03

Expiration Date   --

Image Type   FPO

Keywords   Shuffle

Language   Dutch, English

Legal Lines   open source

Notes   Sweet Pooch

Project Number   aaaajx

Region   United States

Shoot Date   --

Start Date   2008-09-03

Status   Current

Studio   MGM

Territory   Asia/Pac South America

_____________________________________

This is not a single output. How do I get the tabbed format for database insert with the tag names.

Thanks,

Ryan

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2008-10-06 18:51:49-07]

Hi Ryan,

Currently, the single line output is value only.  When you add the
tag names, newlines are inserted between the tags. I did it
this way because otherwise it would be too easy to get confused
between the tag names and the values.

I am planning an XML option for the next release, perhaps
this would help if you can read this format.
(see the "XML output option" thread for the gory details.)

- Phil

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[Originally posted by downed on 2008-10-06 19:42:48-07]

Hi Phil:

Yes I saw the XML output thread. Its a little more than I really need. I did see that the output did have newlines between values however when trying to assign the result output to a variable it only captures the last line. Which is of no help. Thanks for the quick response.

Ryan

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2008-10-06 21:43:05-07]

OK.  Well there is are other options...  If you are running
the Perl version, you could write a simple script to output
in any format you want.  Or you pipe through a filter
to translate the newlines into something else (like
'sed' for instance).

- Phil