… which avoids the need for the -sep argument and ensures that the subject tag is read back as a true list. It would appear that you were right in using the -sep argument but only because some apps are not as smart as others, or maybe they are too smartĮxiftool -overwrite_original_in_place -quiet -subject='cat' -subject='chat' -subject='egyptian mau' -subject='mau égyptien' Now, subject is a list or array tag, but both my app and PL5 are being “smart” and interpreting that “single word” as a list. On further investigation, it would appear that, because you have chosen to put comma-separated keywords within quotes, in order to simplify the command, the subject is being written as one single “keyword” including the commas unless you add the -sep argument. Subject : mau égyptien,egyptian mau,chat,catīut my app and PL5 interpret both versions correctly. If I don’t include it, ExifTool reads back the subject as… ExifTool is a platform-independent Perl library plus a command-line application for reading, writing and editing meta information in a wide variety of files. Subject : mau égyptien, egyptian mau, chat, cat If I use the -sep argument, ExifTool reads back the subject as… It would appear that NeoFinder is misinterpreting the subject tag. The documentation states that the default, if -sep is not specified, is assumed to be “,”Įxiftool -subject='mau égyptien,egyptian mau,chat,cat' _JNA0004.NEF $ ~/et/exiftool ~/et/t/images/IPTC-XMP.Well, if I do not set this argument, the keywords are just one: You can also test the new installation with some of the images found in the exiftool test directory, like so: All done! You can now run it from any directory and show help info like.Rename the newly created Image-ExifTool-7.59 to something shorter to type, e.g.Download the latest version of the code, e.g.ssh to your DH box and go to the directory that will contain the tool, in my case it's my home directory.Heres why: it shows more metadata tags than any other tool, it allows to edit almost. Although installation didn't go as described on the exiftool site (since I don't have sudo access on Dreamhost), it's still installable and it's actually pretty easy. In my opinion, ExifTool by Phil Harvey, is the best Ive found so far. ExifTool looks like a very promising tool to fiddle with all sorts of JPEG metadata (needed for ) but first I had to make sure I can install it on Dreamhost.

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