datalad-extract-metadata1
Run one or more of datalad's metadata extractors on a dataset or file.
Usage
datalad extract-metadata
[-h]
--type
NAME
[-d
DATASET]
[FILE ...]
Overview
The result(s) are structured like the metadata DataLad would extract during metadata aggregation. There is one result per dataset/file.
Examples:
Extract metadata with two extractors from a dataset in the current directory and also from all its files::
$ datalad extract-metadata -d . --type frictionless_datapackage --type datalad_core
Extract XMP metadata from a single PDF that is not part of any dataset::
$ datalad extract-metadata --type xmp Downloads/freshfromtheweb.pdf
Options
- FILE
-
Path of a file to extract metadata from. Constraints: value must be a string
-
-h, --help, --help-np -
show this help message. --help-np forcefully disables the use of a pager for displaying the help message
-
--type NAME -
Name of a metadata extractor to be executed. This option can be given more than once.
-
-d DATASET, --dataset DATASET -
"Dataset to extract metadata from. If no FILE is given, metadata is extracted from all files of the dataset. Constraints: Value must be a Dataset or a valid identifier of a Dataset (e.g. a path)
Releases
2 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 1 time.