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IF YOU ARE STILL CONFUSED | IF YOU ARE STILL CONFUSED | |||
The exiftool script is a command line application. You run it by typing | The exiftool script is a command line application. You run it by typing | |||
commands in a terminal window. The first step is to determine the name of | commands in a terminal window. The first step is to determine the name of | |||
the directory where you downloaded the ExifTool distribution package. | the directory where you downloaded the ExifTool distribution package. | |||
Assuming, for example, you downloaded it to a folder called "Desktop" in | Assuming, for example, you downloaded it to a folder called "Desktop" in | |||
your home directory, then you would type the following commands in a | your home directory, then you would type the following commands in a | |||
terminal window to extract and run ExifTool: | terminal window to extract and run ExifTool: | |||
cd ~/Desktop | cd ~/Desktop | |||
gzip -dc Image-ExifTool-12.57.tar.gz | tar -xf - | gzip -dc Image-ExifTool-12.58.tar.gz | tar -xf - | |||
cd Image-ExifTool-12.57 | cd Image-ExifTool-12.58 | |||
./exiftool t/images/ExifTool.jpg | ./exiftool t/images/ExifTool.jpg | |||
Note: These commands extract meta information from one of the test images. | Note: These commands extract meta information from one of the test images. | |||
To use one of your images instead, enter the full path name of your file in | To use one of your images instead, enter the full path name of your file in | |||
place of "t/images/ExifTool.jpg". | place of "t/images/ExifTool.jpg". | |||
INSTALLATION | INSTALLATION | |||
You can install the Image::ExifTool package to make it available for use by | You can install the Image::ExifTool package to make it available for use by | |||
other Perl scripts by typing the following: | other Perl scripts by typing the following: | |||
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