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.\"     Title: odfmeta
.\"    Author: S\(/oren Roug
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.\"      Date: 10/12/2014
.\"    Manual: User commands
.\"    Source: odfpy
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "ODFMETA" "1" "10/12/2014" "odfpy" "User commands"
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.SH "NAME"
odfmeta \- List or change the metadata of an ODF file
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBodfmeta\fR\ 'u
\fBodfmeta\fR [\-l] [\-v] [\-V] [\-c] [\-d] [\-x\ \fImetafield\fR...] [\-X\ \fImetafield\fR...] [\-a\ \fImetafield\fR...] [\-A\ \fImetafield\fR...] [\-I\ \fImetafield\fR...] [\-o\ \fIpath\fR] \fIpath\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBodfmeta\fR
is a program that will list or change the metadata in an OpenDocument file\&. This is useful for version control systems\&. You can change title, keywords, description etc\&.
.PP
\(lqPath\(rq
is assumed to be an OpenDocument file of text, spreadsheet or presentation type\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-l
.RS 4
List (extract) all known metadata fields\&.
.RE
.PP
\-v or \-V
.RS 4
Print the version number of the ODF document
\fIformat\fR\&. If you use \-V it will print "version:" before the number for compatibility with \-X\&. The version number can\*(Aqt be modified\&.
.RE
.PP
\-c
.RS 4
Make field values continous by normalizing white space\&. Might be convenient when postprocessing with standard (line oriented) text utilities\&.
.RE
.PP
\-d
.RS 4
Update the modification date to the current date and time\&.
.RE
.PP
\-x \fImetafield\fR
.RS 4
Extract the contents of this metafield from the file\&. Known field names are creation\-date, creator, date, description, editing\-cycles, editing\-duration, generator, initial\-creator, keyword, language, print\-date, printed\-by, subject, title, user\-defined\&. All other names are assumed to be user defined\&.
.RE
.PP
\-X \fImetafield\fR
.RS 4
Same as \-x, but also preserves/includes the field name\&.
.RE
.PP
\-a \fImetafield\fR
.RS 4
Append a custom metafield to the metadata; but only if a similar field does not exist yet\&.
.RE
.PP
\-A \fImetafield\fR
.RS 4
Append a custom metafield to the metadata in any case\&.
.RE
.PP
\-I \fImetafield\fR
.RS 4
Append a custom metafield to the metadata and remove any existing similar field\&.
.RE
.PP
\-o \fIpath\fR
.RS 4
Filename to write modified ODT file to\&. If no
\fB\-o\fR
option is provided, the ODT file will be written to stdout\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
odfmeta \-l odf\-file\&.odt
odfmeta \-I "title:The Little Engine That Could" \-A subject:I\-think\-I\-can \-o newfile\&.odt source\&.odt
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBformail\fR(1),
\fBid3tag\fR(1)
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
All known versions of OpenOffice\&.org keep only four <meta:user\-defined> elements\&. If you add more than those, you\*(Aqll loose them next time you save with OpenOffice\&.org\&. KOffice keeps only one <meta:keyword> element\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBS\(/oren Roug\fR
.RS 4
Original author
.RE