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
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
