debian man page for iptc

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NAME
       iptc - Utility for viewing and modifying the contents of IPTC metadata in images.

SYNOPSIS
       iptc [[-q] | [--quiet]] [[-b] | [--backup]] [[-s] | [--sort]] [[-v VALUE] | [--value=VALUE]] [[[-l] | [--list]] [[-L TAGS] |
	    [--list-desc=TAGS]] [[-a TAGS] | [--add=TAGS]] [[-m TAGS] | [--modify=TAGS]] [[-d TAGS] | [--delete=TAGS]] [[-p TAGS] |
	    [--print=TAGS]]] [--help] [--version] [file...]

DESCRIPTION
       This manual page documents briefly the iptc command.

       This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

       iptc is a IPTC data editor. You can add, modify and delete ITPC metadata in images. You can also get the value of a particular tag.

       -q, --quiet
	   Produce less verbose output.

       -b, --backup
	   Backup any modified files.

       -s, --sort
	   Sort tags before displaying or saving.

       --help
	   Display an help message and exit.

       --version
	   Display an iptc version number and exit.

       -l, --list
	   List the name of all known tags (i.e. Caption, etc).

       -L TAG, --list-desc=TAG
	   Print the name and description of TAG.

       -a TAG, --add=TAG
	   Add new tag with identifier TAG.

       -m TAG, --modify=TAG
	   Modify tag with identifier TAG (add if not present).

       -v VALUE, --value=VALUE
	   Value for added/modified tag.

       -d TAG, --delete=TAG
	   Delete tag with identifier TAG.

       -p TAG, --print=TAG
	   Print value of tag with identifier TAG.

       file
	   Files to edit.

EXAMPLES
       Display the IPTC metadata contained in image.jpg: iptc image.jpg

       Set caption "Foo" in all jpegs of the current dir: iptc -m Caption -v "Foo" *.jpg

       Add keyword "vacation" to all jpegs: iptc -a Keywords -v "vacation" *.jpg

LICENSE
       This manual page was written by Sylvain Le Gall gildor@debian.org for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Permission
       is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1 or any
       later version published by the Free Software Foundation; considering as source code all the file that enable the production of this
       manpage.

AUTHOR
       Sylvain Le Gall <gildor at-smtp-server debian.org>
	   Author.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2007 Sylvain Le Gall

[FIXME: source] 						   Jan 17, 2007 							   IPTC(1)