---
name: "Image::ExifTool::Shortcuts"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-image-exiftool"
version: "13.55-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Image::ExifTool::Shortcuts"
---

# Image::ExifTool::Shortcuts(3pm)

ExifTool shortcut tags

## NAME

Image::ExifTool::Shortcuts - ExifTool shortcut tags

## SYNOPSIS

This module is required by Image::ExifTool.

## DESCRIPTION

This module contains definitions for tag name shortcuts used by Image::ExifTool.  You can customize this file to add your own shortcuts.

Individual users may also add their own shortcuts to the .ExifTool\_config file in their home directory (or the directory specified by the EXIFTOOL\_HOME environment variable).  The shortcuts are defined in a hash called `%Image::ExifTool::UserDefined::Shortcuts`.  The keys of the hash are the shortcut names, and the elements are either tag names or references to lists of tag names.

An example shortcut definition in .ExifTool\_config:

```
    %Image::ExifTool::UserDefined::Shortcuts = (
        MyShortcut => ['createdate','exif:exposuretime','aperture'],
        MyAlias => 'FocalLengthIn35mmFormat',
    );
```

In this example, MyShortcut is a shortcut for the CreateDate, EXIF:ExposureTime and Aperture tags, and MyAlias is a shortcut for FocalLengthIn35mmFormat.

The target tag names may contain an optional group name prefix.  A group name applied to the shortcut will be ignored for any target tag with a group name prefix.

## AUTHOR

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

## SEE ALSO

[**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/Image::ExifTool/3pm.md)