ID3TOOL(1)

📦 version 1.2a, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, meet id3tool — a command line editor for id3 tags 💖 that's it, that's the whole vibe, a lil terminal gremlin that fixes up your music metadata.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

id3tool [options] files ...

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This manual page is for the id3tool command, and honestly it's not that deep, so let's go 💅

id3tool is a program that can be used to view and edit id3 tags from the command line. no GUI, no nonsense, just you and your files 🦋

When invoked from the command line with filenames and no options, it will display the used fields of the id3 tags. it's giving "let me read your aura" but for mp3 metadata ✨

When invoked from the command line with filenames and "set" options, it will change the id3 tag fields specified to the specified values on all the files. yes, all of them. batch edit queen 👑

Due to limitations in the ID3v1 specification, most fields are limited to 30 characters. the format said "no novels" 😭
The note field is limited to 28 characters if a track number is in use. she's tight on space fr fr

You can force a tag to be v1.1 by using a specifying a non-zero track number, or force a tag to be v1.0 by specifying a track number of zero (0). pick your fighter 💀

👑 OPTIONS 👑

The programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (-). A complete list of options are included below. For a complete description, use the help option. lowkey thorough, highkey slay 🫶

  • -t, --set-title=WORD — Sets the title to WORD ⭐
  • -a, --set-album=WORD — Sets the album to WORD 💿
  • -r, --set-artist=WORD — Sets the artist to WORD 🎤
  • -y, --set-year=YEAR — Sets the year to YEAR [4 digits] 📅 (four digits bestie, not "04", not "y2k", four.)
  • -n, --set-note=WORD — Sets the note to WORD 📝
  • -g, --set-genre=INT — Sets the genre code to INT (the codes can be acquired from the genre list.) 🔢
  • -G, --set-genre-word=WORD — Sets the genre to WORD (given that WORD is from the genre list.) 🔤
  • -c, --set-track=INT — Sets the track to INT 🎧
  • -h, --help — Show summary of options. the girlies love a cheat sheet 🎀
  • -v, --version — Show version of program. 🏷️
  • -l, --genre-list — Shows the genre list. go get your codes 💜

💜 AUTHOR 💜

id3tool and this manual page were written by Chris Collins <xfire@xware.cx> — thank you for the icon behavior, king 👑

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