hachoir-metadata(1)

hachoir-metadata1

Extract meta-datas from a file

Overview

usage: hachoir-metadata [options] files

options:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

Metadata:

Option of metadata extraction and display

--type

Only display file type (description)

--mime

Only display MIME type

--level=LEVEL

Quantify of information to display from 1 to 9 (9 is the maximum)

--raw

Raw output

--bench

Run benchmark

--parser-list

List all parsers then exit

--profiler

Run profiler

--version

Display version and exit

--quality=QUALITY

Information quality (0.0=fastest, 1.0=best, and default is 0.5)

--maxlen=MAXLEN

Maximum string length in characters, 0 means unlimited (default: 300)

Hachoir library:

Configure Hachoir library

--verbose

Verbose mode

--log=LOG

Write log in a file

--quiet

Quiet mode (don't display warning)

--debug

Debug mode

Releases

9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7–13

--maxlen since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

From hachoir 3.1.0+dfsg-5 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.