exiftool snippets

exiftool snippets.txt

#### Rename all images in current directory according to the CreateDate date and time, adding a copy number with leading '-' if the file already exists (%-c), and preserving the original file extension (%e). 
# Note the extra '%' necessary to escape the filename codes (%c and %e) in the date format string.
exiftool '-FileName<CreateDate' -d '%Y%m%d %H%M%S%%-c.%%e' .

#### Shift values of CreateDate by 2 years, 9 months and 14 days. 0 hours, minutes and seconds
exiftool "-CreateDate+=2:9:14 0:0:0" -m .

#### View all time info about a given file:
## System:
# FileModifyDate
# FileAccessDate
# FileInodeChangeDate
## IFD0
# ModifyDate
## ExifIFD
# DateTimeOriginal
# Create Date
exiftool -time:all -g1 -a -s myfile.jpg