The Lua API does not, as far as I know, straightforwardly support random access to a specific image by its ID or filename. Whenever I carry out any mass-tagging operations of this sort, I have to use a SQLite script that directly alters the 'tagged_images' table in the library database.
-- August Schwerdfeger [email protected] On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 9:11 PM Niranjan Rao <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, > > On Ubuntu 20.04, darktable 2.4.0 > > > Generic question is can I tag the image from command line? Obvious > search engine searches have failed so far. I suspect lua script can do > it, but have not managed to put two and two together. I saw some mention > at https://www.darktable.org/lua-api/index.html#darktable_tags. If > someone can kindly provide example, I can add loop around the file list > very easily. > > > Specifically, I was looking for best way to find images in portrait mode > - or in general, any image that is not in landscape mode. I have the > complete image paths - built from querying darktable database and using > exiftool to crosscheck my results. > > > I have almost 1000 entries that I would like to be tagged. > > Regards, > > > Niranjan > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
