exiftool-rs
Simple image metadata scrubber. Will remove EXIF, XMP and IPTC metadata.
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Usage
Jae Lo Presti
A small tool to scrub metadata from images.
USAGE:
exiftool-rs [OPTIONS]
OPTIONS:
-h, --help Print help information
-V, --version Print version information
SWITCHES:
-d, --directory Scrub a whole directory (activator)
-i, --inplace Do not change the image name
-r, --recursive Recursive scrubbing
FILE:
The image you want to apply the changes to
Logging
If you want to modify the logging level, set the RUST_LOG environment variable.
Compiling
git clone https://github.com/jae1911/exiftool-rs
cd exiftool-rs
cargo build -r
The program will be then be available in target/release/exiftool-rs
Benchmarks
Some benchmarks because everybody loves them.
Everything was tested on a Ryzen 7 3700x with 32GB of ram.
exiftool (Perl version)
$ sudo chrt -f 99 perf stat -ddd exiftool -v3 -overwrite_original -all='' base.jpg 2>&1 > /dev/null
Performance counter stats for 'exiftool -v3 -overwrite_original -all= base.jpg':
108.19 msec task-clock # 0.996 CPUs utilized
0 context-switches # 0.000 /sec
0 cpu-migrations # 0.000 /sec
5,963 page-faults # 55.115 K/sec
444,730,491 cycles # 4.111 GHz (28.92%)
18,008,995 stalled-cycles-frontend # 4.05% frontend cycles idle (31.69%)
43,509,390 stalled-cycles-backend # 9.78% backend cycles idle (34.47%)
604,892,502 instructions # 1.36 insn per cycle
# 0.07 stalled cycles per insn (37.24%)
133,585,903 branches # 1.235 G/sec (40.01%)
3,552,814 branch-misses # 2.66% of all branches (41.59%)
285,062,290 L1-dcache-loads # 2.635 G/sec (40.58%)
12,138,954 L1-dcache-load-misses # 4.26% of all L1-dcache accesses (37.81%)
LLC-loads
LLC-load-misses
137,952,992 L1-icache-loads # 1.275 G/sec (35.03%)
2,939,284 L1-icache-load-misses # 2.13% of all L1-icache accesses (32.26%)
2,013,636 dTLB-loads # 18.612 M/sec (29.49%)
144,403 dTLB-load-misses # 7.17% of all dTLB cache accesses (27.73%)
643,638 iTLB-loads # 5.949 M/sec (27.73%)
9,805 iTLB-load-misses # 1.52% of all iTLB cache accesses (27.73%)
13,447,839 L1-dcache-prefetches # 124.295 M/sec (27.73%)
L1-dcache-prefetch-misses
0.108629192 seconds time elapsed
0.098442000 seconds user
0.010183000 seconds sys
mat2
$ sudo chrt -f 99 perf stat -ddd mat2 --inplace -V base.jpg
DEBUG: Cleaning base.jpg…
Performance counter stats for 'mat2 --inplace -V base.jpg':
105.55 msec task-clock # 0.980 CPUs utilized
21 context-switches # 198.958 /sec
0 cpu-migrations # 0.000 /sec
9,414 page-faults # 89.190 K/sec
419,503,063 cycles # 3.974 GHz (43.43%)
47,206,812 stalled-cycles-frontend # 11.25% frontend cycles idle (40.00%)
120,228,136 stalled-cycles-backend # 28.66% backend cycles idle (35.12%)
541,992,518 instructions # 1.29 insn per cycle
# 0.22 stalled cycles per insn (33.06%)
112,718,354 branches # 1.068 G/sec (31.96%)
3,916,087 branch-misses # 3.47% of all branches (29.28%)
260,983,861 L1-dcache-loads # 2.473 G/sec (31.91%)
14,862,648 L1-dcache-load-misses # 5.69% of all L1-dcache accesses (32.01%)
LLC-loads
LLC-load-misses
100,939,097 L1-icache-loads # 956.317 M/sec (32.15%)
1,260,732 L1-icache-load-misses # 1.25% of all L1-icache accesses (31.81%)
4,296,617 dTLB-loads # 40.707 M/sec (31.81%)
282,793 dTLB-load-misses # 6.58% of all dTLB cache accesses (35.06%)
496,595 iTLB-loads # 4.705 M/sec (38.30%)
20,134 iTLB-load-misses # 4.05% of all iTLB cache accesses (39.95%)
10,456,775 L1-dcache-prefetches # 99.070 M/sec (40.89%)
L1-dcache-prefetch-misses
0.107734521 seconds time elapsed
0.070084000 seconds user
0.039753000 seconds sys
exiftool-rs
L1-dcache-load-misses (0.00%)
LLC-loads
LLC-load-misses
L1-icache-loads (0.00%)
L1-icache-load-misses (0.00%)
dTLB-loads (0.00%)
dTLB-load-misses (0.00%)
iTLB-loads (0.00%)
iTLB-load-misses (0.00%)
L1-dcache-prefetches (0.00%)
L1-dcache-prefetch-misses
0.005423761 seconds time elapsed
0.005444000 seconds user
0.000000000 seconds sys
Some events weren't counted. Try disabling the NMI watchdog:
echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog
perf stat ...
echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog">
$ sudo chrt -f 99 perf stat -ddd exiftool-rs -i base.jpg
> Found a path base.jpg, processing!
> Attempting to clean...
> EXIF data found!
> Cleared all EXIF data!
> XMP data found!
> Cleared all XMP data!
> No IPTC data found (or not supported)
> Saving modified image to "base.jpg"
Performance counter stats for 'exiftool-rs -i base.jpg':
5.11 msec task-clock # 0.941 CPUs utilized
0 context-switches # 0.000 /sec
0 cpu-migrations # 0.000 /sec
649 page-faults # 127.111 K/sec
21,154,087 cycles # 4.143 GHz (18.98%)
1,877,017 stalled-cycles-frontend # 8.87% frontend cycles idle (77.69%)
6,297,158 stalled-cycles-backend # 29.77% backend cycles idle
25,747,365 instructions # 1.22 insn per cycle
# 0.24 stalled cycles per insn
4,911,235 branches # 961.898 M/sec
120,902 branch-misses # 2.46% of all branches (81.02%)
12,393,053 L1-dcache-loads # 2.427 G/sec (22.31%)
L1-dcache-load-misses (0.00%)
LLC-loads
LLC-load-misses
L1-icache-loads (0.00%)
L1-icache-load-misses (0.00%)
dTLB-loads (0.00%)
dTLB-load-misses (0.00%)
iTLB-loads (0.00%)
iTLB-load-misses (0.00%)
L1-dcache-prefetches (0.00%)
L1-dcache-prefetch-misses
0.005423761 seconds time elapsed
0.005444000 seconds user
0.000000000 seconds sys
Some events weren't counted. Try disabling the NMI watchdog:
echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog
perf stat ...
echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog
As you can see, exiftool-rs is faster than mat2 and exiftool (Perl) according to this very professional benchmark.
Sample EXIF file was taken from ianare/exif-samples.
512 Jan 8, 2023
31 May 10, 2022
258 Dec 5, 2022
62 Dec 26, 2022
487 Dec 25, 2022
46 Dec 15, 2022
115 Jan 5, 2023
3 Jan 25, 2022
9 Dec 9, 2021
242 Dec 22, 2022
4 Apr 9, 2022
22 Dec 6, 2022
3 Sep 23, 2021
7 Sep 16, 2022
5 Mar 2, 2023
7 Oct 16, 2022
47 Dec 30, 2022
5 Nov 3, 2022
13 May 11, 2023
