exempi(1)

💖 NAME 💖

hiii bestie, welcome to the exempi(1) manual page ✨ that's the manual name, and the whole vibe here is: exempi is a command line tool to manipulate XMP metadata. that's it, that's the assignment, and she ate 🫶

🦋 SYNTAX 🦋

okay so here's how you actually call her, read it in one long breath:

exempi { -h | [ -R ] [ -X ] [ -x [ -p ] ] [ { -w | -o <file> } ] [ { -g
<prop_name> | -s <prop_name> -v <value> }  ] } <files>

(and yes the line break is doing its thing in there, we don't question the original, we respect the original 🙈)

✨ OPTIONS ✨

every single one, no skipping, we don't do that here 💅

• -h — show this help. your little "what do I even do" button.
• -R — don't reconcile.
• -x — dump XML.
• -p — wrap XML packet wrapper. only for -x, iykyk.
• -X — file(s) is XMP.
• -w — write in place. only for -s, and not compatible with -o — pick a lane bestie.
• -o <file> — file to write the output to.
• -n <ns> <prefix> — set the prefix for a namespace.
• -g <prop_name> — retrieve the value with prop_name.
• -s <prop_name> -v <value> — retrieve or get the value.
• <files> — the files to read from. yes queen, you have to give her files.

🔥 SECURITY 🔥

okay this part is not a cute part, listen up:

• the source code hasn't been audited for security. no cap, nobody checked her vibes at that level.
• the command line tool doesn't have a strong input sanity checking either, so she's out here trusting you completely 🫠

be careful not to run the tool as super-user. seriously. don't. also be careful if you decide to use it in an online (web) application. like, really careful.

patches and suggestions welcome 💌 — come through, we love a contribution moment.

🎀 AUHTORS 🎀

(yes, the heading is spelled AUHTORS in the original and we are preserving her exactly as she is, that's the main character energy we support 👑)

• Exempi is written by Hubert Figuiere
• it contains the XMP SDK written by Adobe Systems Inc.

⭐ LICENSE ⭐

Exempi is licensed under the BSD license. periodt. 📜

🌈 the sign-off 🌈

and that's the whole page bestie 💖 this one lives in the General Commands Manual, and it's dated February 10 2013 — a vintage icon, honestly, we stan a timeless queen 🌸 go forth and manipulate some XMP metadata, you've got this 🦋✨