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Info Plugin
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The ``info`` plugin provides a command that dumps the current tag values for
any file format supported by beets. It works like a supercharged version of
`mp3info`_ or `id3v2`_.
Enable the ``info`` plugin in your configuration (see :ref:`using-plugins`) and
then type::
$ beet info /path/to/music.flac
and the plugin will enumerate all the tags in the specified file. It also
accepts multiple filenames in a single command-line.
You can also enter a :doc:`query </reference/query>` to inspect music from
your library::
$ beet info beatles
If you just want to see specific properties you can use the
``--include-keys`` option to filter them. The argument is a
comma-separated list of field names. For example::
$ beet info -i 'title,mb_artistid' beatles
Will only show the ``title`` and ``mb_artistid`` properties. You can add the
``-i`` option multiple times to the command line.
Additional command-line options include:
* ``--library`` or ``-l``: Show data from the library database instead of the
files' tags.
* ``--album`` or ``-a``: Show data from albums instead of tracks (implies
``--library``).
* ``--summarize`` or ``-s``: Merge all the information from multiple files
into a single list of values. If the tags differ across the files, print
``[various]``.
* ``--format`` or ``-f``: Specify a specific format with which to print every
item. This uses the same template syntax as beets’ :doc:`path formats
</reference/pathformat>`.
* ``--keys-only`` or ``-k``: Show the name of the tags without the values.
.. _id3v2: http://id3v2.sourceforge.net
.. _mp3info: https://www.ibiblio.org/mp3info/
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