ODFMETA(1) User commands ODFMETA(1)
NAME
odfmeta - List or change the metadata of an ODF file
SYNOPSIS
odfmeta [-l] [-v] [-V] [-c] [-d] [-x metafield...] [-X metafield...]
[-a metafield...] [-A metafield...] [-I metafield...] [-o path]
path
DESCRIPTION
odfmeta 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.
“Path” is assumed to be an OpenDocument file of text, spreadsheet or
presentation type.
OPTIONS
-l
List (extract) all known metadata fields.
-v or -V
Print the version number of the ODF document format. If you use -V
it will print "version:" before the number for compatibility with
-X. The version number can't be modified.
-c
Make field values continuous by normalizing white space. Might be
convenient when postprocessing with standard (line oriented) text
utilities.
-d
Update the modification date to the current date and time.
-x metafield
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.
-X metafield
Same as -x, but also preserves/includes the field name.
-a metafield
Append a custom metafield to the metadata; but only if a similar
field does not exist yet.
-A metafield
Append a custom metafield to the metadata in any case.
-I metafield
Append a custom metafield to the metadata and remove any existing
similar field.
-o path
Filename to write modified ODT file to. If no -o option is
provided, the ODT file will be written to stdout.
EXAMPLES
odfmeta -l odf-file.odt
odfmeta -I "title:The Little Engine That Could" -A subject:I-think-I-can -o newfile.odt source.odt
SEE ALSO
formail(1), id3tag(1)
BUGS
All known versions of OpenOffice.org keep only four <meta:user-defined>
elements. If you add more than those, you'll loose them next time you
save with OpenOffice.org. KOffice keeps only one <meta:keyword>
element.
AUTHOR
Søren Roug
Original author
odfpy 12/03/2021 ODFMETA(1)
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