Suppress units of measure

Started by ekkidee, March 25, 2019, 05:11:56 PM

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ekkidee

Is it possible to have exiftool suppress the unit of measure on some fields?

I am using exiftool to dump the contents of various parameters in image files, and some in particular come back with units attached:

HyperfocalDistance: incudes "m" for meters
FocalLength: includes "mm" for millimeters
Couple more maybe ....

If the units are dropped, I can import the values into an Excel sheet as numbers where they sort properly.

I am fine w/ meters as a unit, but I know there is considerable power over the formatting of output from exiftool and I wonder if there is a way to suppress the "m" and "mm" on output of these fields.

Thanks.

Alan Clifford

exiftool -s3 -n -focallength p340_1778.jpg

gives

5.1

StarGeek

You can also add a hashtag to the end of any tag name to suppress the printconv on individual tags rather than suppress it globally (see -n (printConv) option docs).

If you're dumping all tags and not listing specific tags, I believe you'll have to create your own tag definition.
* 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).

ekkidee

Oh my, that's so simple (and so obvious in the man page), thank you for pointing it out.