This primer is intended for those who know nothing about DOS, the Command Line, or Dos Commands. ' on the command line), and the EXIF Artist tag is updated for one of the images:Įverything You've NEVER Wanted to Know About DOS (Imagine this part centered as a header)

Here is a screen shot of a cmd window showing an example ExifTool session where some specific tags are extracted from all images in the current directory (the current directory is represented by a '. You can also use ExifTool to read and write specific metadata. The steps would be:Ī) Type ' exiftool' (without the quotes), then press SPACE.ī) Drag and drop an image file onto the cmd window. Instead of typing the file name in the command above, you may drag and drop the file onto the cmd window. This command will display the metadata from the specified image.

In Windows XP, select 'Run.' from the start menu, then type 'cmd' and press RETURN.ģ) Type ExifTool commands in the cmd window that appears.Ī basic ExifTool command looks something like this:.

In Windows 7, search for 'cmd' from the 'Start' menu, then press RETURN.

Here are the basic steps to get started running ExifTool from the command line in Windows:ġ) Follow these intructions to install ExifTool for command line use.Ģ) Click the Windows 'Start' menu and run the 'cmd' application. (But I reserve the right to edit posts in this thread if necessary to improve accuracy and clarity.) Feel free to add to this thread with any specific examples you may find useful.

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