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jhead — Image timestamp and EXIF data manipulation. More information: <https://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead

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How to use the jhead command: Image timestamp and EXIF data manipulation. More information: <https://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/usage.html>.

jhead — Image timestamp and EXIF data manipulation. More information: <https://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/usage.html>.

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}}

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

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