How to ADD EXIF information to a JPEG photo

I can strip EXIF data from a JPEG with jhead on Linux:
$ jhead -purejpg photo.jpg

But how can I ADD EXIF information to a JPEG on the
Linux (Ubuntu) command line?

For example, let's say I have photo1.jpg with EXIF data
that I want to also transfer to photo2.jpg.

Is there a Linux command to copy EXIF data from photo1
to photo2?

Something like:
$ copy-exif photo1.jpg photo2.jpg

 

exiftool

http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

 

I believe you can use Image::ExifTool in Perl. I have only used it to
*read* EXIF data. I created a Perl script to dump camera media cards and
rename images to encode camera and date taken since most camera use
limited 8.3 file names. Since thise is a standalone frontend
<https://metacpan.org/pod/exiftool> which purports to write it you could
use that or write your own.

 

Thanks for that pointer.

I installed exiftool:
$ sudo apt-get install exiftool

Googling, I found this syntax, which seems to do the trick!
$ /usr/bin/exiftool -all= -tagsfromfile src.jpg -exif:all dst.jpg

I just realized I need to change just the date, so, I'll
see if exiftool can make the EXIF date the same as the
file creation date.

 

Thanks. It looks like Exiftool is pretty powerful:
http://thomer.com/howtos/copy_exif.html

$ exiftool -TagsFromFile a.crw --Orientation a.jpg

And, from this, it looks like I can format the date also:
http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/faq.html

$ exiftool -xmp:dateTimeOriginal="2005:10:23 20:06:34.33-05:00" a.jpg

 

op 21-01-14 21:05 schreef James Grady:

exiv2 is in the repo's.

 

Exiv2 is also a good tool for exif,IPTC,XMP.
http://www.exiv2.org/index.html

Dave

 

Have you looked into the EXIF workings of Irfanview? I'm
not sure that I understand your need, but Irfanview has been
a favorite (and trusted) tool of image-mongers for many
years. You might even find the batch features appealing.

 

irfanview is a windows app.

he asked about using the command line in linux.

 

Ugh--sorry. Back under my rock.

croy