Research command line template argument/s (-t)

[ldexterldesign]

Hey,

Could you offer some documentation on using the -t argument via command line?

I'd like to specify custom file names, beyond the default

Yours hopefully

[dylansmith]

Hi! What kind of documentation are you specifically interested in? As a quick example of usage, you can try to run the following command from your local copy of the repository:

./bin/exif-renamer -t './{{datetime "yyyy-mm"}}:{{file}}' -d demo/img/exif.jpg

This shows how you would pass a quoted template string using the -t argument. I posted some docs on the format of the template string in the readme, but perhaps if you can tell me about your requirements I could be more helpful?

[ldexterldesign]

Thanks for reply

Need to batch process some image files

Now having problems with the file name extensions - can I ignore them when using -t?

Cheers

[dylansmith]

Yes, that is possible. The template controls all aspects of the filename. For example, the following will generate a file without an extension:

./bin/exif-renamer -t './{{datetime "yyyy-mm"}}:{{name}}' -d demo/img/exif.jpg

Take a look at the metadata section of the readme for all the available variables.

[ldexterldesign]

Thank you!

[dylansmith]

No problem. Hope you enjoy using this tool (it would be awesome if you could star it if you do)!

[ldexterldesign]

Sorry, "ignore" the extension, as in leave it/them intact

I don't need to mess with the extension

Cheers

[ldexterldesign]

Apologies, I'm with you now ;)

exif-renamer -t '{{datetime}}.{{ext}}' -d .

Hope this helps someone else

Kind thanks

[ldexterldesign]

Is there comprehensive metadata documentation available; similar to: https://www.npmjs.com/package/exif ?

Yours hopefully

[ldexterldesign]

exif-renamer -e IMG_20150312_013213.jpg

Hehe, sorry for the noise - I may as well be writing the documentation at this rate :/

Apologies,

[ldexterldesign]

~ https://twitter.com/ldexterldesign/status/582664682185576448

[dylansmith]

Thanks very much Lewis, I'll include your -e recommendation in the readme.

[dylansmith]

Hi Lewis, I have added a new -l switch which lists all the metadata passed to the templating function.