Jhead

Jul 20, 2023

EXIF JPEG header manipulation tool

Jhead is a command line driven program for manipulating the non-image parts of Exif flavour JPEG files that most digital cameras produce.

It has the following features

  • Extracting camera settings from Exif image files
  • Able to set and/or adjust the Exif time field
  • Manipulation extract, replace, regenerate of Exif integral thumbnails
  • Transplant Exif image header from one JPEG to another
  • Edit JPEG comment fields
  • Automatically rotate images upright using jpegtran according to “orientation” tag.
  • Manage running programs on large batches of Jpegs and restoring Exif header information afterwards.
  • Display embedded GPS info if present


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