Image::ExifTool::Shortcuts(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::Shortcuts(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Image::ExifTool::Shortcuts - ExifTool shortcut tags

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

This module is required by Image::ExifTool.

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module contains definitions for tag name shortcuts used by Image::ExifTool. You can customize this file to add your own shortcuts.

Individual users may also add their own shortcuts to the .ExifTool\_config file in their home directory (or the directory specified by the EXIFTOOL\_HOME environment variable). The shortcuts are defined in a hash called %Image::ExifTool::UserDefined::Shortcuts. The keys of the hash are the shortcut names, and the elements are either tag names or references to lists of tag names.

An example shortcut definition in .ExifTool\_config:

```
    %Image::ExifTool::UserDefined::Shortcuts = (
        MyShortcut => ['createdate','exif:exposuretime','aperture'],
        MyAlias => 'FocalLengthIn35mmFormat',
    );
```

In this example, MyShortcut is a shortcut for the CreateDate, EXIF:ExposureTime and Aperture tags, and MyAlias is a shortcut for FocalLengthIn35mmFormat.

The target tag names may contain an optional group name prefix. A group name applied to the shortcut will be ignored for any target tag with a group name prefix.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/man/os/exiftool/Image::ExifTool.3pm)

2026-10-09 perl v5.44.0

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Document: Image::ExifTool::Shortcuts(3pm) from exiftool 13.59-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool