iptc1

Utility for viewing and modifying the contents of iptc metadata in images.

Usage

iptc [{[-q] | [--quiet]}] [{[-b] | [--backup]}] [{[-s] | [--sort]}] [{[-v VALUE] | [--value=VALUE]}] [[{[-l] | [--list]}] [{[-L TAGS] | [--list-desc=TAGS]}] [{[-a TAGS] | [--add=TAGS]}] [{[-m TAGS] | [--modify=TAGS]}] [{[-d TAGS] | [--delete=TAGS]}] [{[-p TAGS] | [--print=TAGS]}]] [--help] [--version] [file ...]

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the iptc command.

This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

iptc is a IPTC data editor. You can add, modify and delete ITPC metadata in images. You can also get the value of a particular tag.

-q, --quiet: Produce less verbose output.

-b, --backup: Backup any modified files.

-s, --sort: Sort tags before displaying or saving.

--help: Display an help message and exit.

--version: Display an iptc version number and exit.

-l, --list: List the name of all known tags (i.e. Caption, etc).

-L TAG, --list-desc=TAG: Print the name and description of TAG.

-a TAG, --add=TAG: Add new tag with identifier TAG.

-m TAG, --modify=TAG: Modify tag with identifier TAG (add if not present).

-v VALUE, --value=VALUE: Value for added/modified tag.

-d TAG, --delete=TAG: Delete tag with identifier TAG.

-p TAG, --print=TAG: Print value of tag with identifier TAG.

file

Files to edit.

Examples

Display the IPTC metadata contained in image.jpg: iptc image.jpg

Set caption "Foo" in all jpegs of the current dir: iptc -m Caption -v "Foo" *.jpg

Add keyword "vacation" to all jpegs: iptc -a Keywords -v "vacation" *.jpg

Releases

9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 4 times.