---
name: "id3cp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "id3lib"
version: "3.8.3-20"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/id3cp"
---

# id3cp(1)

Copies tags from one file to another.

## NAME

id3cp - Copies tags from one file to another.

## SYNOPSIS

**id3cp** \[ *OPTION* \]**...** \[ *SOURCE* \] \[ *DEST* \]\

## DESCRIPTION

**Id3cp** copies tags from SOURCE to DEST.

## OPTIONS

- **-1, --v1tag**

  Render only the id3v1 tag

- **-2, --v2tag**

  Render only the id3v2 tag

- **-h, --help**

  Display help and exit

- **-v, --version**

  Display version information and exit

## SEE ALSO

[id3convert(1)](/id3convert/1.md), [id3info(1)](/id3info/1.md), [id3v2(1)](/id3v2/1.md)

## AUTHOR

**id3lib** was originally designed and implemented by Dirk Mahoney and is maintained by Scott Thomas Haug \<sth2@cs.wustl.edu\>. Manual page written for Debian GNU/Linux by Robert Woodcock \<rcw@debian.org\>.