How to retrieve EXIF data from the command line in Linux

Exchangeable Image File Format (Exif) – standard metadanych dla plików z obrazkami, wydany przez Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association.

If you want to make use of the EXIF data stored in a JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg) or TIFF (.tif or .tiff) file from the command line in Debian Linux — or most other Linux variants — here’s how.

Install ImageMagick to provide the identify command

sudo apt-get install imagemagick

Use identify command

identify -verbose /usr/share/backgrounds/WildWheat_by_Brian_Burt.jpg

identify -verbose /usr/share/backgrounds/WildWheat_by_Brian_Burt.jpg | grep "exif:"

exiftool - ExifTool can display image metadata information of a file or edit them

Syntax: exiftool [OPTIONS] FILE

exiftool "file name.extension" 

Consult the exiftool documentation for a full list of options.

Metadata information can also be exported to an html document:

exiftool -h "file name.extension" > example.html

Read EXIF data from image

From the command line in Linux

#sudo apt-get install imagemagick

Install imagemagic and it`s tool identyfi. Go to terminal and type

identify -verbose /home/user/image/2000-01-01-0001.jpg

will print all data from that file

identify -verbose /home/user/image/2000-01-01-0001.jpg | grep "exif:"

will print all exif data from that file Using exiftool First install exif tools

#sudo apt-get install exiftool

then run in terminal

exiftool -a /home/user/image/2000-01-01-0001.jpg | grep "Image Width"

or man exiftool


More usefull exiftool