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Extracting EXIF data into JSON

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command line tools for working with images to json

Extract all exif data as list into a json file:

exiftool -j -q dir > data.json

Sort the exif data by the original creation time:

jq 'sort_by(.DateTimeOriginal)' data.json

Extract exif data and sort by original creation time:

exiftool -j -q *.jpg | jq 'sort_by(.DateTimeOriginal)' > data.json

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ca057 commented Dec 21, 2025

@otonoton Can you elaborate more? It might depend on the image you’re using?
I can’t reproduce your comment, -all:all is not working for me (as the group all doesn’t exist according to the documentation)? -j should just specify the format as JSON, but doesn’t change which groups get read out.

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ca057 commented Dec 21, 2025

Uh oh!