Exiftool¶

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Umfassende Exiftool-Befehle und Workflows für die Systemverwaltung auf allen Plattformen.

Grundlegende Befehle¶

Command	Description
`exiftool --version`	Show exiftool version
`exiftool --help`	Display help information
`exiftool init`	Initialize exiftool in current directory
`exiftool status`	Check current status
`exiftool list`	List available options
`exiftool info`	Display system information
`exiftool config`	Show configuration settings
`exiftool update`	Update to latest version
`exiftool start`	Start exiftool service
`exiftool stop`	Stop exiftool service
`exiftool restart`	Restart exiftool service
`exiftool reload`	Reload configuration

Installation¶

Linux/Ubuntu¶

```bash

Package manager installation¶

sudo apt update sudo apt install exiftool

Alternative installation¶

wget https://github.com/example/exiftool/releases/latest/download/exiftool-linux chmod +x exiftool-linux sudo mv exiftool-linux /usr/local/bin/exiftool

Build from source¶

git clone https://github.com/example/exiftool.git cd exiftool make && sudo make install ```_

macOS¶

```bash

Homebrew installation¶

brew install exiftool

MacPorts installation¶

sudo port install exiftool

Manual installation¶

curl -L -o exiftool https://github.com/example/exiftool/releases/latest/download/exiftool-macos chmod +x exiftool sudo mv exiftool /usr/local/bin/ ```_

Windows¶

```powershell

Chocolatey installation¶

choco install exiftool

Scoop installation¶

scoop install exiftool

Winget installation¶

winget install exiftool

Manual installation¶

Download from https://github.com/example/exiftool/releases ¶

Extract and add to PATH¶

```_

Konfiguration¶

Command	Description
`exiftool config show`	Display current configuration
`exiftool config list`	List all configuration options
`exiftool config set <key> <value>`	Set configuration value
`exiftool config get <key>`	Get configuration value
`exiftool config unset <key>`	Remove configuration value
`exiftool config reset`	Reset to default configuration
`exiftool config validate`	Validate configuration file
`exiftool config export`	Export configuration to file

Erweiterte Operationen¶

Dateioperationen¶

```bash

Create new file/resource¶

exiftool create

Read file/resource¶

exiftool read

Update existing file/resource¶

exiftool update

Delete file/resource¶

exiftool delete

Copy file/resource¶

exiftool copy

Move file/resource¶

exiftool move

List all files/resources¶

exiftool list --all

Search for files/resources¶

exiftool search ```_

Netzwerkaktivitäten¶

```bash

Connect to remote host¶

exiftool connect :

Listen on specific port¶

exiftool listen --port

Send data to target¶

exiftool send --target --data ""

Receive data from source¶

exiftool receive --source

Test connectivity¶

exiftool ping

Scan network range¶

exiftool scan

Monitor network traffic¶

exiftool monitor --interface

Proxy connections¶

exiftool proxy --listen --target : ```_

Prozessmanagement¶

```bash

Start background process¶

exiftool start --daemon

Stop running process¶

exiftool stop --force

Restart with new configuration¶

exiftool restart --config

Check process status¶

exiftool status --verbose

Monitor process performance¶

exiftool monitor --metrics

Kill all processes¶

exiftool killall

Show running processes¶

exiftool ps

Manage process priority¶

exiftool priority --pid --level ```_

Sicherheitsmerkmale¶

Authentication¶

```bash

exiftool login --user

exiftool login --api-key

exiftool login --cert

Logout current session¶

exiftool logout

Change password¶

exiftool passwd

Generate new API key¶

exiftool generate-key --name

List active sessions¶

exiftool sessions

Revoke session¶

exiftool revoke --session ```_

Verschlüsselung¶

```bash

Encrypt file¶

exiftool encrypt --input --output

Decrypt file¶

exiftool decrypt --input --output

Generate encryption key¶

exiftool keygen --type --size

Sign file¶

exiftool sign --input --key

Verify signature¶

exiftool verify --input --signature

Hash file¶

exiftool hash --algorithm --input

Generate certificate¶

exiftool cert generate --name --days

Verify certificate¶

exiftool cert verify --cert ```_

Überwachung und Protokollierung¶

Systemüberwachung¶

```bash

Monitor system resources¶

exiftool monitor --system

Monitor specific process¶

exiftool monitor --pid

Monitor network activity¶

exiftool monitor --network

Monitor file changes¶

exiftool monitor --files

Real-time monitoring¶

exiftool monitor --real-time --interval 1

Generate monitoring report¶

exiftool report --type monitoring --output

Set monitoring alerts¶

exiftool alert --threshold --action

View monitoring history¶

exiftool history --type monitoring ```_

Protokoll¶

```bash

View logs¶

exiftool logs

View logs with filter¶

exiftool logs --filter

Follow logs in real-time¶

exiftool logs --follow

Set log level¶

exiftool logs --level

Rotate logs¶

exiftool logs --rotate

Export logs¶

exiftool logs --export

Clear logs¶

exiftool logs --clear

Archive logs¶

exiftool logs --archive ```_

Fehlerbehebung¶

Gemeinsame Themen¶

**Issue: Befehl nicht gefunden* ```bash

Check if exiftool is installed¶

which exiftool exiftool --version

Check PATH variable¶

echo $PATH

Reinstall if necessary¶

sudo apt reinstall exiftool

or¶

brew reinstall exiftool ```_

Issue: Genehmigung verweigert ```bash

Run with elevated privileges¶

sudo exiftool

Check file permissions¶

ls -la $(which exiftool)

Fix permissions¶

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/exiftool

Check ownership¶

sudo chown $USER:$USER /usr/local/bin/exiftool ```_

**Issue: Konfigurationsfehler* ```bash

Validate configuration¶

exiftool config validate

Reset to default configuration¶

exiftool config reset

Check configuration file location¶

exiftool config show --file

Backup current configuration¶

exiftool config export > backup.conf

Restore from backup¶

exiftool config import backup.conf ```_

**Issue: Service nicht starten* * ```bash

Check service status¶

exiftool status --detailed

Check system logs¶

journalctl -u exiftool

Start in debug mode¶

exiftool start --debug

Check port availability¶

netstat -tulpn|grep

Kill conflicting processes¶

exiftool killall --force ```_

Debug Befehle¶

Command	Description
`exiftool --debug`	Enable debug output
`exiftool --verbose`	Enable verbose logging
`exiftool --trace`	Enable trace logging
`exiftool test`	Run built-in tests
`exiftool doctor`	Run system health check
`exiftool diagnose`	Generate diagnostic report
`exiftool benchmark`	Run performance benchmarks
`exiftool validate`	Validate installation and configuration

Leistungsoptimierung¶

Ressourcenmanagement¶

```bash

Set memory limit¶

exiftool --max-memory 1G

Set CPU limit¶

exiftool --max-cpu 2

Enable caching¶

exiftool --cache-enabled

Set cache size¶

exiftool --cache-size 100M

Clear cache¶

exiftool cache clear

Show cache statistics¶

exiftool cache stats

Optimize performance¶

exiftool optimize --profile

Show performance metrics¶

exiftool metrics ```_

Parallele Verarbeitung¶

```bash

Enable parallel processing¶

exiftool --parallel

Set number of workers¶

exiftool --workers 4

Process in batches¶

exiftool --batch-size 100

Queue management¶

exiftool queue add exiftool queue process exiftool queue status exiftool queue clear ```_

Integration¶

Schrift¶

```bash

!/bin/bash¶

Example script using exiftool¶

set -euo pipefail

Configuration¶

CONFIG_FILE="config.yaml" LOG_FILE="exiftool.log"

Check if exiftool is available¶

if ! command -v exiftool &> /dev/null; then echo "Error: exiftool is not installed" >&2 exit 1 fi

Function to log messages¶

log() \\{ echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - $1"|tee -a "$LOG_FILE" \\}

Main operation¶

main() \\{ log "Starting exiftool operation"

if exiftool --config "$CONFIG_FILE" run; then
    log "Operation completed successfully"
    exit 0
else
    log "Operation failed with exit code $?"
    exit 1
fi

\\}

Cleanup function¶

cleanup() \\{ log "Cleaning up" exiftool cleanup \\}

Set trap for cleanup¶

trap cleanup EXIT

Run main function¶

main "$@" ```_

API Integration¶

```python

!/usr/bin/env python3¶

""" Python wrapper for the tool """

import subprocess import json import logging from pathlib import Path from typing import Dict, List, Optional

class ToolWrapper: def init(self, config_file: Optional[str] = None): self.config_file = config_file self.logger = logging.getLogger(name)

def run_command(self, args: List[str]) -> Dict:
    """Run command and return parsed output"""
    cmd = ['tool_name']

    if self.config_file:
        cmd.extend(['--config', self.config_file])

    cmd.extend(args)

    try:
        result = subprocess.run(
            cmd,
            capture_output=True,
            text=True,
            check=True
        )
        return \\\\{'stdout': result.stdout, 'stderr': result.stderr\\\\}
    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
        self.logger.error(f"Command failed: \\\\{e\\\\}")
        raise

def status(self) -> Dict:
    """Get current status"""
    return self.run_command(['status'])

def start(self) -> Dict:
    """Start service"""
    return self.run_command(['start'])

def stop(self) -> Dict:
    """Stop service"""
    return self.run_command(['stop'])

Example usage¶

if name == "main": wrapper = ToolWrapper() status = wrapper.status() print(json.dumps(status, indent=2)) ```_

Umweltvariablen¶

Variable	Description	Default
`EXIFTOOL_CONFIG`	Configuration file path	`~/.exiftool/config.yaml`
`EXIFTOOL_HOME`	Home directory	`~/.exiftool`
`EXIFTOOL_LOG_LEVEL`	Logging level	`INFO`
`EXIFTOOL_LOG_FILE`	Log file path	`~/.exiftool/logs/exiftool.log`
`EXIFTOOL_CACHE_DIR`	Cache directory	`~/.exiftool/cache`
`EXIFTOOL_DATA_DIR`	Data directory	`~/.exiftool/data`
`EXIFTOOL_TIMEOUT`	Default timeout	`30s`
`EXIFTOOL_MAX_WORKERS`	Maximum workers	`4`

Datei konfigurieren¶

```yaml

~/.exiftool/config.yaml¶

version: "1.0"

General settings¶

settings: debug: false verbose: false log_level: "INFO" log_file: "~/.exiftool/logs/exiftool.log" timeout: 30 max_workers: 4

Network configuration¶

network: host: "localhost" port: 8080 ssl: true timeout: 30 retries: 3

Security settings¶

security: auth_required: true api_key: "" encryption: "AES256" verify_ssl: true

Performance settings¶

performance: cache_enabled: true cache_size: "100M" cache_dir: "~/.exiftool/cache" max_memory: "1G"

Monitoring settings¶

monitoring: enabled: true interval: 60 metrics_enabled: true alerts_enabled: true ```_

Beispiele¶

Basis-Workflow¶

```bash

1. Initialize exiftool¶

exiftool init

2. Configure basic settings¶

exiftool config set host example.com exiftool config set port 8080

3. Start service¶

exiftool start

4. Check status¶

exiftool status

5. Perform operations¶

exiftool run --target example.com

6. View results¶

exiftool results

7. Stop service¶

exiftool stop ```_

Erweiterter Workflow¶

```bash

Comprehensive operation with monitoring¶

exiftool run \ --config production.yaml \ --parallel \ --workers 8 \ --verbose \ --timeout 300 \ --output json \ --log-file operation.log

Monitor in real-time¶

exiftool monitor --real-time --interval 5

Generate report¶

exiftool report --type comprehensive --output report.html ```_

Automatisierungsbeispiel¶

```bash

!/bin/bash¶

Automated exiftool workflow¶

Configuration¶

TARGETS_FILE="targets.txt" RESULTS_DIR="results/$(date +%Y-%m-%d)" CONFIG_FILE="automation.yaml"

Create results directory¶

mkdir -p "$RESULTS_DIR"

Process each target¶

while IFS= read -r target; do echo "Processing $target..."

exiftool \
    --config "$CONFIG_FILE" \
    --output json \
    --output-file "$RESULTS_DIR/$\\\\{target\\\\}.json" \
    run "$target"

done < "$TARGETS_FILE"

Generate summary report¶

exiftool report summary \ --input "$RESULTS_DIR/*.json" \ --output "$RESULTS_DIR/summary.html" ```_

Best Practices¶

Sicherheit¶

Prüfsummen beim Herunterladen von Binaries immer überprüfen
Verwenden Sie starke Authentifizierungsmethoden (API-Tasten, Zertifikate)
Regelmäßig auf die neueste Version aktualisieren
Prinzip der Mindestberechtigung
Audit-Logging aktivieren für Compliance
Verschlüsselte Verbindungen verwenden, wenn möglich
Alle Eingänge und Konfigurationen validieren
Implementierung richtiger Zugriffskontrollen

Leistung¶

Verwenden Sie geeignete Ressourcengrenzen für Ihre Umwelt
Systemleistung regelmäßig überwachen
Optimieren Sie die Konfiguration für Ihren Anwendungsfall
Parallele Verarbeitung verwenden, wenn nützlich
Durchführung richtiger Cache-Strategien
Regelmäßige Wartung und Reinigung
Profilleistung Engpässe
Verwenden Sie effiziente Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen

Betrieb¶

umfassende Dokumentation
Umsetzung richtiger Backup-Strategien
Verwenden Sie die Versionssteuerung für Konfigurationen
Monitor und Alarm auf kritischen Metriken
Implementierung der richtigen Fehlerbehandlung
Automatisierung für repetitive Aufgaben verwenden
Regelmäßige Sicherheitsaudits und Updates
Plan zur Katastrophenrückgewinnung

Entwicklung¶

Befolgen Sie Kodierungsstandards und Konventionen
Vollständige Tests schreiben
Verwenden Sie die kontinuierliche Integration / Bereitstellung
Durchführung einer ordnungsgemäßen Protokollierung und Überwachung
Dokumente APIs und Schnittstellen
Verwenden Sie die Versionskontrolle effektiv
Prüfcode regelmäßig
Rückwärtskompatibilität sichern

Ressourcen¶

Offizielle Dokumentation¶

offizielle Website
[Dokumentation](LINK_18__
[API Reference](LINK_18__
(LINK_18)
Konfigurationsreferenz

Gemeinschaftsmittel¶

GitHub Repository
Issue Tracker
[Gemeinschaftsforum](LINK_18
(LINK_18)
[Reddit Community](LINK_18__
Stack Overflow

Lernressourcen¶

(LINK_18)
(LINK_18_)
(LINK_18)
Video-Tutorials
(LINK_18)
Zertifizierungsprogramm

In den Warenkorb¶

Git - Komplementärfunktionalität
Docker - Alternative Lösung
Kubernetes - Integrationspartner

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Letzte Aktualisierung: 2025-07-06|Bearbeiten auf GitHub

Exiftool¶

Grundlegende Befehle¶

Installation¶

Linux/Ubuntu¶

Package manager installation¶

Alternative installation¶

Build from source¶

macOS¶

Homebrew installation¶

MacPorts installation¶

Manual installation¶

Windows¶

Chocolatey installation¶

Scoop installation¶

Winget installation¶

Manual installation¶

Download from https://github.com/example/exiftool/releases¶

Extract and add to PATH¶

Konfiguration¶

Erweiterte Operationen¶

Dateioperationen¶

Create new file/resource¶

Read file/resource¶

Update existing file/resource¶

Delete file/resource¶

Copy file/resource¶

Move file/resource¶

List all files/resources¶

Search for files/resources¶

Netzwerkaktivitäten¶

Connect to remote host¶

Listen on specific port¶

Send data to target¶

Receive data from source¶

Test connectivity¶

Scan network range¶

Monitor network traffic¶

Proxy connections¶

Prozessmanagement¶

Start background process¶

Stop running process¶

Restart with new configuration¶

Check process status¶

Monitor process performance¶

Kill all processes¶

Show running processes¶

Manage process priority¶

Sicherheitsmerkmale¶

Authentication¶

Login with username/password¶

Login with API key¶

Login with certificate¶

Logout current session¶

Change password¶

Generate new API key¶

List active sessions¶

Revoke session¶

Verschlüsselung¶

Encrypt file¶

Decrypt file¶

Generate encryption key¶

Sign file¶

Verify signature¶

Hash file¶

Generate certificate¶

Verify certificate¶

Überwachung und Protokollierung¶

Systemüberwachung¶

Monitor system resources¶

Monitor specific process¶

Monitor network activity¶

Monitor file changes¶

Real-time monitoring¶

Generate monitoring report¶

Set monitoring alerts¶

View monitoring history¶

Protokoll¶

View logs¶

View logs with filter¶

Follow logs in real-time¶

Download from https://github.com/example/exiftool/releases ¶