Command-line tool

exif

brew/exif

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Read, write, modify, and display EXIF data on the command-line

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install exif

Linux

brew install exif

Show all recognized EXIF information in an image

exif path/to/image.jpg

Show a table listing known EXIF tags and whether each one exists in an image

exif -l --no-fixup path/to/image.jpg

Extract the image thumbnail into a separate file

exif -e -o path/to/thumbnail.jpg path/to/image.jpg

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