---
name: "pyprinttags"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-taglib"
version: "1.5.0-3+b1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pyprinttags"
---

# pyprinttags(1)

print tags of audio files to stdout

## NAME

pyprinttags - print tags of audio files to stdout

## SYNOPSIS

**pyprinttags** \[**-b\|--batch**\] *file1 \[file2\] ...*

## DESCRIPTION

**pyprinttags** is a small script that comes with the  **pytaglib** python tag reading library. It prints all tags found in the audio files given as command line parameters.

If a file contains metadata that can not be textually represented, this is indicated in the output as well, and the program gives asks whether to remove those pieces from the file. That behavior can be disabled by the **-b** option.

## OPTIONS

- **-b, --batch**

  disable user interaction in case of unsupported metadata

## AUTHOR

Michael Helmling  ⟨michaelhelmling@posteo.de⟩

## AVAILABILITY

The newest version of **pytaglib** containing  **pyprinttags** can be always obtained from the package's home page ⟨https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytaglib⟩