metacleaner

metacleaner will remove metadata of the following filetypes:

• jpg
• png
• pdf
• odt, ods, odp
• doc, xls, ppt
• docx, xlsx
• xml

Usage

usage: java -jar metacleaner.jar
 -i,--input <arg>       input file / directory path *
 -s,--suffix <arg>      suffix of output file
 -f,--filetype <arg>    override file ending in file path with this parameter
 -h,--harsh             remove ALL metadata, such as potentially harmless
                        data (i.E. title and subject)
 -o,--overwrite         overwrite input file
 -r,--recursive         search for files recursively if input path is a
                        directory

Example

$ java -jar metacleaner.jar -i C:\Users\ozzi\Desktop\example\

metacleaner 1.0 - github.com/ozzi-/metacleaner
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\_ input path is a directory - won't scan recursively
  |_ 'custom_properties.xlsx'
    |_ cleaned document (stripped 366 B) successfully written to 'C:\Users\ozzi\Desktop\example\custom_properties_cleaned.xlsx'
  |_ 'custom_properties_cleaned.xlsx'
    |_ skipping 'C:\Users\ozzi\Desktop\example\custom_properties_cleaned.xlsx' as assumed it was already cleaned (ends with suffix '_cleaned')
  |_ 'd'
    |_ skipping 'C:\Users\ozzi\Desktop\example\d' - requiring a file ending (no dot found)
  |_ 'd.txt'
    |_ metacleaner does not (yet - feel free to open a GitHub issue) support the file type 'txt'. If the file ending differs the actual file type, use the -f option.
  |_ 'dd.xml'
    |_ cleaned document (stripped 815 B) successfully written to 'C:\Users\ozzi\Desktop\example\dd_cleaned.xml'
\_ cleaned 2 of 4 files