

Simple options may be added inside the brackets in the name of the stand-alone executable. The stand-alone version in the Windows GUI:ĭouble-click on “ exiftool(-k).exe” to read the application documentation or drag-and-drop files and folders to run ExifTool on the selected files.

Note that when typing commands in the “cmd.exe” shell, you should use double quotes instead of single quotes as shown in some examples. by typing “ c:\path_to_exiftool\” or “ c:\path_to_exiftool\exiftool“). If the ExifTool executable (“ ” or “ exiftool.exe“) is not in the current directory or your system PATH, then its directory must be specified on the command line (ie. The stand-alone version (“ exiftool(-k).exe“) should be renamed to “ exiftool.exe” to allow it to be run by typing “ exiftool” at the command line. Alternately, you may be able to rename it to “ ” and type “ “, but this requires that the proper Windows associations have been made for the “. The Perl application (“ exiftool“) is run by typing “ perl exiftool“. Here is a little explanation on how to use the app for the developer’s website: From the command line: Read, Write, Edit Meta information on Windows pl and use it as a command-line application. The usage is very simple just drag the file and drop it on ExifTool(-k).exe – and this action will open in a command prompt with all the meta-information. It works on Windows 11, Windows 10 and earlier versions of Windows.ĮxifTool is a platform-independent Pearl library plus a command-line application for reading, writing, and editing meta information in a wide variety of files – and it’s a portable application.

After a long search, I found this nice little application ExifTool a pearl-based command-line application that gives us tons of information about metadata. I was searching for a good EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) tool to view complete meta information for jpeg pictures.
