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exiftool

CLI

Read and write meta information in image, audio, and video files.

Read/write EXIF metadata from images, audio, and video files

3 curated recipes · not yet executed by the harness#exif#metadata#image#video

Recipes

Curated from documentation and usage. Percentages are estimates, not measurements.

View all metadata of a file

~99% est.
exiftool image.jpg

Strip all metadata from image

~98% est.
exiftool -all= image.jpg

Copy metadata from one file to another

~94% est.
exiftool -TagsFromFile source.jpg target.jpg

Install

Homebrewbrew install exiftool

Agent notes

When to use
Inspecting or stripping metadata from media files
Quick examples
  • exiftool image.jpg
  • exiftool -all= image.jpg # strip all metadata
  • exiftool -DateTimeOriginal='2024:01:01 12:00:00' image.jpg

Use from an agent

curl -s https://clihub.com/api/tools/exiftool | jq '.agentHints.provenRecipes[] | {task, command, verified}'

Or call get_tool with slug exiftool on the MCP server at https://clihub.com/mcp.

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