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| OPERON(1) | OPERON(1) |
NAME¶
operon - command line music tagger
SYNOPSIS¶
operon [--version] [--help] [-v | --verbose] <command> [<argument>...] operon help <command>
OPTIONS¶
- -h, --help
- Display help and exit
- --version
- Print the program version
- -v, --verbose
- Verbose mode
COMMAND-OVERVIEW¶
Edit Tags¶
add Add a tag value remove Remove a tag value set Set a tag and remove existing values clear Remove tags copy Copy tags from one file to another edit Edit tags in a text editor fill Fill tags based on the file path
Show file metadata¶
list List tags info List file information print Print tags based on the given pattern
Edit Embedded Images¶
image-extract Extract embedded images image-set Set embedded image image-clear Remove embedded images
Miscellaneous¶
tags List all common tags help Display help information
EDIT TAGS¶
add¶
Add a new tag <tag> with the value <value> to all files.
operon add [-h] <tag> <value> <file>...
- -h, --help
- Display help and exit
- Example:
- operon add artist 'The Beatles' song1.ogg song2.ogg
remove¶
Remove all values from the tag <tag> that match either <value> or the regular expression <pattern> from all files.
operon remove [-h] [--dry-run] <tag> (-e <pattern> | <value>) <file>...
- -h, --help
- Display help and exit
- --dry-run
- Print the results without changing any files
- -e,--regexp <regexp>
- Remove all tag values that match the given regular expression
- Example:
- operon remove artist 'The Beatles' song.ogg
set¶
Replace all values of the tag <tag> by <value> in all files.
operon set [-h] [--dry-run] <tag> <value> <file>...
- -h, --help
- Display help and exit
- --dry-run
- Print the results without changing any files
- Example:
- operon set artist 'The Beatles' song.ogg
clear¶
Remove all tags that match <tag> or the regular expression <pattern> from all files. If --all is specified, all known tags will be removed.
operon clear [-h] [--dry-run] (-a | -e <pattern> | <tag>) <file>...
- -h, --help
- Display help and exit
- --dry-run
- Print the results without changing any files
- -a, --all
- Remove all tags
- -e,--regexp <regexp>
- Remove all tags that match the given regular expression
- Example:
- operon clear -a song.ogg
operon clear -e 'musicbrainz_.*' song.ogg
operon clear date song.ogg
copy¶
Copy all tags from the file <source> to <dest>. All tags in <dest> will be preserved. In case the destination format doesn't support setting a tag from source, no tags will be copied. To ignore tags that aren't supported by the destination format pass --ignore-errors.
operon copy [-h] [--dry-run] [--ignore-errors] <source> <dest>
- -h, --help
- Display help and exit
- --dry-run
- Print the results without changing any files
- --ignore-errors
- Skip tags which the target file does not support
- Example:
- operon copy song.flac song.ogg
edit¶
Shows all tags in a text editor and will apply any changes made to the text to the tags. operon will use the editor specified in the VISUAL or EDITOR environment variables and if those are not set fall back to 'nano'.
operon edit [-h] [--dry-run] <file>
- -h, --help
- Display help and exit
- --dry-run
- Print the results without changing any files
- Example:
- VISUAL=vi operon edit song.flac
fill¶
Fill tags based one file paths and a given pattern.
operon fill [-h] [--dry-run] <pattern> <file>...
- -h, --help
- show this help message and exit
- --dry-run
- show changes, don't apply them
- Example:
- operon fill --dry-run "<tracknumber>. <title>" "01. Was Ist Ist.flac"
SHOW FILE METADATA¶
list¶
Lists all tags, values and a description of each tag in a table.
operon list [-h] [-a] [-t] [-c <c1>,<c2>...] <file>
- -h, --help
- Display help and exit
- -a, --all
- Also list programmatic tags
- -t, --terse
- Output is terse and suitable for script processing
- -c, --columns <name>,...
- Defines which columns should be printed and in which order
- Example:
- operon list -a song.flac
operon list -t -c tag,value song.ogg
info¶
Lists non-tag metadata like length, size and format.
operon info [-h] [-t] [-c <c1>,<c2>...] <file>
- -h, --help
- Display help and exit
- -t, --terse
- Output is terse and suitable for script processing
- -c, --columns <name>,...
- Defines which columns should be printed and in which order
- Example:
- operon info a.ogg
print¶
Prints information per file built from tag values. The pattern can be customized by passing a pattern string (See quodlibet(1) for the pattern format)
operon print [-h] [-p <pattern>] <file>...
- -h, --help
- Display help and exit
- -p,--pattern <pattern>
- Use a custom pattern
- Example:
- operon print -p "<album> - <artist>" a.ogg
EDIT EMBEDDED IMAGES¶
image-extract¶
Extract all embedded images to the current working directory or the specified destination directory.
operon image-extract [-h] [--dry-run] [--primary] [-d <destination>] <file>...
- -h, --help
- Display help and exit
- --dry-run
- Print the found images and resulting file paths but don't save them
- --primary
- Only extract the primary images for each file
- -d,--destination <destination>
- Save all images to the specified destination
- Example:
- operon image-extract asong.mp3 anotherone.ogg
image-set¶
Set the provided image as primary embedded image and remove all other embedded images.
operon image-set <image-file> <file>...
- -h, --help
- Display help and exit
- Example:
- operon image-set cover.jpg song.mp3
image-clear¶
Remove all embedded images from all specified files.
operon image-clear <file>...
- -h, --help
- Display help and exit
- Example:
- operon image-clear song.mp3
MISCELLANEOUS¶
tags¶
List all common tags
operon tags [-h] [-a] [-t] [-c <c1>,<c2>...]
- -h, --help
- Display help and exit
- -a, --all
- Also list programmatic tags
- -t, --terse
- Output is terse and suitable for script processing
- -c, --columns <name>,...
- Defines which columns should be printed and in which order
- Example:
- operon tags -a
operon tags -t -c tag
help¶
operon help [<command>]
- Example:
- operon help list
SEE ALSO¶
regex(7) exfalso(1) quodlibet(1)