Still Image - Export Subject MetaData to CSV and then give option to remove embedded MetaData

stillImage-exportCSV-removeMeta

#!/bin/bash
#File: stillImage-exportCSV-removeMeta
#
#2019-01-11 Matt Crnich -   Hacking on it
#2019-01-15 Matt Crnich -   Removed find process in favor of exiftool native functionality
#2019-01-15 Matt Crnich -   Adding function to remove metadata from files

#exiftool -IFD1:XResolution -IFD1:YResolution image.jpg
#Extract image resolution from EXIF IFD1 information (thumbnail image IFD).

#exiftool -b -xmp:Subject image.jpg
# -b lists only results without the xmp "Subject" and colon

#   example
#
#   exiftool -csv -CreateDate -Keywords -r -ext jpg /absolute/path/to/top/folder > data.csv

echo "ENTER SEARCH PATH : "
read srcImagePath
echo
echo "ENTER SEARCH EXTENSION : "
read fileExt
echo

today=`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H_%M_%S`

exiftool -if '$filename !~ /^\./' -csv -FileName -FileType -FileSize -xmp:Subject -r -ext "$fileExt" "$srcImagePath" > "$srcImagePath/extractedMetaData_$today.csv"

echo
read -e -p "DO YOU WANT TO REMOVE ALL METADATA? [y/n]:  " -n 1 -r
echo    # (optional) move to a new line
if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
then
#    exiftool -r -all= -ext jpg -ext gif -ext png /path/to/top/directory/
    exiftool -r -all= -preserve -overwrite_original -ext "$fileExt" "$srcImagePath"
else
    echo "METADATA LEFT INTACT, GOODBYE"
    echo
fi