." make the size of the head bigger NAME odfmeta - List or change the metadata of an ODF file
." make the size of the head bigger SYNOPSIS
odfmeta [-l] [-v] [-V] [-c] [-d] [-x metafield...] [-X metafield...] [-a metafield...] [-A metafield...] [-I metafield...] [-o path] path
." make the size of the head bigger DESCRIPTION
odfmeta is a program that will list or change the metadata in an OpenDocument file. This is useful for version control systems. You can change title, keywords, description etc.
“Path” is assumed to be an OpenDocument file of text, spreadsheet or presentation type.
." make the size of the head bigger OPTIONS
-l
List (extract) all known metadata fields.
-v or -V
Print the version number of the ODF document format. If you use -V it will print "version:" before the number for compatibility with -X. The version number can´t be modified.
-c
Make field values continous by normalizing white space. Might be convenient when postprocessing with standard (line oriented) text utilities.
-d
Update the modification date to the current date and time.
-x metafield
Extract the contents of this metafield from the file. Known field names are creation-date, creator, date, description, editing-cycles, editing-duration, generator, initial-creator, keyword, language, print-date, printed-by, subject, title, user-defined. All other names are assumed to be user defined.
-X metafield
Same as -x, but also preserves/includes the field name.
-a metafield
Append a custom metafield to the metadata; but only if a similar field does not exist yet.
-A metafield
Append a custom metafield to the metadata in any case.
-I metafield
Append a custom metafield to the metadata and remove any existing similar field.
-o path
Filename to write modified ODT file to. If no -o option is provided, the ODT file will be written to stdout.
." make the size of the head bigger EXAMPLES
odfmeta -l odf-file.odt odfmeta -I "title:The Little Engine That Could" -A subject:I-think-I-can -o newfile.odt source.odt
." make the size of the head bigger SEE ALSO
." make the size of the head bigger BUGS
All known versions of OpenOffice.org keep only four <meta:user-defined> elements. If you add more than those, you´ll loose them next time you save with OpenOffice.org. KOffice keeps only one <meta:keyword> element.
." make the size of the head bigger AUTHOR
Søren Roug
Original author