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+#!/bin/sh
+# @author Markus Birth <markus@birth-online.de>
+# Syntax: ./copy_exif.sh imagefile1 imagefile2
+# Copies EXIF/XMP metadata from imagefile1 to imagefile2
+# Needs: exiv2
+
+if [ -f "$1" -a -f "$2" ]; then
+    BASENAME_1=`echo "$1" | sed -nre 's/^(.*)\.[^.]+$/\1/p'`
+    BASENAME_2=`echo "$2" | sed -nre 's/^(.*)\.[^.]+$/\1/p'`
+    exiv2 ex "$1"
+    mv "$BASENAME_1.exv" "$BASENAME_2.exv"
+    exiv2 im "$2"
+    rm "$BASENAME_2.exv"
+else
+    echo "Syntax: $0 [source file] [target file]"
+    echo "        Will copy metadata from first to second file."
+fi