jhead

linux

Image timestamp and EXIF data manipulation.

Examples (7)

Show all EXIF data

jhead path/to/image.jpg

Set the file's date and time to the EXIF create date (file creation date will be changed)

jhead -ft path/to/image.jpg

Set the EXIF time to the file's date and time (EXIF data will be changed)

jhead -dsft path/to/image.jpg

Rename all JPEG files based on the EXIF create date to `YYYY_MM_DD-HH_MM_SS.jpg`

jhead -n%Y_%m_%d-%H_%M_%S *.jpg

Rotate losslessly all JPEG images by 90, 180, or 270 degrees based on the EXIF orientation tag

jhead -autorot *.jpg

Update all EXIF timestamps (Format: +- hour:minute:seconds) (example: forgot to change the camera's time zone - removing 1 hour from timestamps)

jhead -ta-1:00:00 *.jpg

Remove all EXIF data (including thumbnails)

jhead -purejpg path/to/image.jpg