GroupDocs.Metadata-CLI 25.10.0

CLI for GroupDocs.Metadata for .NET

CLI - Command Line Interface for GroupDocs.Metadata for .NET document metadata and automation API.

How to install

GroupDocs.Metadata CLI is a dotnet tool. To start using the CLI you'll need .NET runtime and GroupDocs.Metadata CLI.

1. Install .NET Core runtime following the instructions
2. Install dotnet tool by running dotnet tool install --global GroupDocs.Metadata-CLI
3. You can run GroupDocs.Metadata.CLI by using command groupdocs-metadata

Example usage

Type export command and source filename to export metadata properties and place the output in the current directory:

groupdocs-metadata export source.docx

Set output-format parameter value to JSON to export properties to JSON file:

groupdocs-metadata export source.docx --output-format JSON

The --help or export --help option provides more detail about each parameter. The --version option provides information about CLI version in use.

Commands

• export file metadata to a specified output-format. The default value is XML.

• remove metadata from a file.

• copy metadata between two files of the same type.

• find metadata properties in a file.

Parameters

Parameters for "export" command

• --output-format [short -f]: Output format, supported values are Xml, Csv, Json, Xls, and Xlsx.

• --output [short -o]: Output path.

Parameters for "remove" command

• --all [short -a]: The flag indicates that all properties should be processed.

• --property [short -p]: Specifies a specific property name to work with.

Parameters for "copy" command

• --all [short -a]: The flag indicates that all properties should be processed.

• --property [short -p]: Specifies a specific property name to work with.

• --output-format [short -f]: Output format, supported values are Xml, Csv, Json, Xls, and Xlsx.

• --output [short -o]: Output path.

Parameters for "find" command

• --all [short -a]: The flag indicates that all properties should be processed.

• --property [short -p]: Specifies a specific property name to work with.

Parameters for all commands

• --license-path: Path to license file.

• --file-type: Source document file type e.g. DOCX.

• --password [short -pwd]: Password to open password-protected file.

• --verbose [short -v]: Enable detailed logging to console.

Setting the license

Without a license the tool will work in trial mode with some limitations. See Evaluation Limitations and Licensing of GroupDocs.Metadata for more details. A temporary license can be requested at Get a Temporary License.

The license can be set with --license-path parameter:

groupdocs-metadata export source.docx --license-path c:\\licenses\\GroupDocs.Metadata.lic

Also, you can set path to the license file in GROUPDOCS_METADATA_LICENSE_PATH environment variable.