exiftool.md

Exiftool

Exiftool is a command line tool used for reading and writing metadata in many file formats. It's written in Perl so it's platform-independent and can be used also as an library.

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Sample output

$ exiftool screenshot.png 
ExifTool Version Number         : 10.53
File Name                       : screenshot.png
Directory                       : .
File Size                       : 750 kB
File Modification Date/Time     : 2017:06:13 22:34:05-04:00
File Access Date/Time           : 2017:06:17 13:19:58-04:00
File Inode Change Date/Time     : 2017:06:13 22:34:05-04:00
File Permissions                : rw-r--r--
File Type                       : PNG
File Type Extension             : png
MIME Type                       : image/png
Image Width                     : 1482
Image Height                    : 648
Bit Depth                       : 8
Color Type                      : RGB with Alpha
Compression                     : Deflate/Inflate
...
Primary Platform                : Apple Computer Inc.
CMM Flags                       : Not Embedded, Independent
Device Manufacturer             : APPL
Device Model                    : 
...
Exif Image Width                : 1482
Exif Image Height               : 648
Image Size                      : 1482x648
Megapixels                      : 0.960