id3v2(1)

[4mID3V2[24m(1) User Command [4mID3V2[24m(1)

[1mNAME[0m
id3v2 - Adds/Modifies/Removes/Views id3v2 tags, converts/lists id3v1
tags

[1mSYNOPSIS[0m
[1mid3v2 [22m[ [4mOPTION[24m ] [ [4mFILE[24m ]

[1mOPTIONS[0m
[1m-h, --help[0m
Display help and exit

[1m-f, --list-frames[0m
Display all possible frames for id3v2

[1m-L, --list-genres[0m
Lists all id3v1 genres

[1m-v, --version[0m
Display version information and exit

[1m-l, --list[0m
Lists the tag(s) on the file(s)

[1m-R, --list-rfc822[0m
Lists using an rfc822-style format for output

[1m-d, --delete-v2[0m
Deletes id3v2 tags

[1m-s, --delete-v1[0m
Deletes id3v1 tags

[1m-D, --delete-all[0m
Deletes both id3v1 and id3v2 tags

[1m-C, --convert[0m
Converts id3v1 tag to id3v2

[1m-a, --artist ARTIST[0m
Set the artist information

[1m-A, --album ALBUM[0m
Set the album title information

[1m-t, --song SONG[0m
Set the song title information

[1m-c, --comment DESCRIPTION:COMMENT[0m
Set the comment information

[1m-g, --genre num[0m
Set the genre number

[1m-y, --year num[0m
Set the year

[1m-T, --track num/num[0m
Set the track number/(optional) total tracks

[1mSEE ALSO[0m
id3tag(1), id3info(1), id3convert(1)

[1mAUTHOR[0m
[1mid3v2 [22mis by myers <[email protected]> with major
portions used from id3lib examples. Manual page written for Debian
GNU/Linux by Robert Woodcock <[email protected]>.

May 2000 [4mID3V2[24m(1)

History

Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)
Debian 5.0 (Lenny) to Debian 3.1 (Sarge)
Debian 3.0 (Woody)

--album until Debian 13 (Trixie); --artist until Debian 13 (Trixie); --comment until Debian 13 (Trixie); --convert until Debian 13 (Trixie); --delete-all until Debian 13 (Trixie); --delete-v1 until Debian 13 (Trixie); --delete-v2 until Debian 13 (Trixie); --genre until Debian 13 (Trixie); --help until Debian 13 (Trixie); --list until Debian 13 (Trixie); --list-frames until Debian 13 (Trixie); --list-genres until Debian 13 (Trixie); --list-rfc822 until Debian 13 (Trixie); --song until Debian 13 (Trixie); --track until Debian 13 (Trixie); --version until Debian 13 (Trixie); --year until Debian 13 (Trixie); -A until Debian 13 (Trixie); -C until Debian 13 (Trixie); -D until Debian 13 (Trixie); -L until Debian 13 (Trixie); -R until Debian 13 (Trixie); -T until Debian 13 (Trixie); -a until Debian 13 (Trixie); -c until Debian 13 (Trixie); -d until Debian 13 (Trixie); -f until Debian 13 (Trixie); -g until Debian 13 (Trixie); -h until Debian 13 (Trixie); -l until Debian 13 (Trixie); -s until Debian 13 (Trixie); -t until Debian 13 (Trixie); -v until Debian 13 (Trixie); -y until Debian 13 (Trixie).