display file metadata. including text file, image, audio, and video.

show-metadata-exiftool.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Function to display metadata for a given file
show_metadata() {
    if [[ -f "$1" ]]; then
        echo "File: $1"
        exiftool "$1"
        echo "---------------------------------------------"
    else
        echo "Error: File '$1' not found or not a regular file."
    fi
}

# Check if ExifTool is installed
check_exiftool_installation() {
    if ! command -v exiftool &> /dev/null; then
        echo "ExifTool is not installed. Do you want to install it?"
        echo "(Note: This script supports 'apt' for Debian-based systems and 'pkg' for Termux.)"
        read -p "Do you want to proceed with installation? (y/n): " choice
        case "$choice" in
            [Yy]* )
                install_exiftool
                ;;
            [Nn]* )
                echo "ExifTool is required to run this script. Exiting."
                exit 1
                ;;
            * )
                echo "Invalid choice. Exiting."
                exit 1
                ;;
        esac
    fi
}

# Install ExifTool using apt (Debian-based systems)
install_exiftool_apt() {
    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install -y exiftool
}

# Install ExifTool using pkg (Termux)
install_exiftool_pkg() {
    pkg update
    pkg install -y exiftool
}

# Check for correct number of arguments
if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 <file1> [<file2> <file3> ...]"
    exit 1
fi

# Check ExifTool installation
check_exiftool_installation

# Loop through each provided file and display metadata
for file in "$@"; do
    show_metadata "$file"
done