Fix exiftool command in README.md #466
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The README.md suggests to run
exiftoolwith the following command:For me, this always yields
n files failed condition.At first, I shrugged and brushed this off, assuming that all files had the DateTimeOriginal tag. But later, I became suspicious and run tests with two files, one with the tag and one without it. (but both with a CreateDate tag to have something to print)
To cut it short, the current command does not work as expected:
Actually, the tag name needs a dollar sign as prefix:
For reference, see also exiftool man on
-if