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pass parameters containing white space on command line

I would like to pass a parameter containing white space. For example: 

C:\temp>exiftool.exe -"Region Person Display Name" temp.jpg

Can someone please give me direction here? The obvious does not appear to work.

Solution

  • Found out what was going on via trial and error. This is not contained in the exif documentation: when passing a tag to exiftool.exe, you need to drop the white space from the tag name. For example, if the tag name is "Region Person Display Name", the code will read: 

    C:\temp>exiftool.exe -"RegionPersonDisplayName" temp.jpg

    From what I can tell, this 'feature' is not documented.