A collection of bash scripts for organizing and renaming photos. These scripts require Exiftool be installed.
An open source command line tool for reading and writing metadata from image and video files.
http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
Instructions: https://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/install.html
Alternatively, on Macs, install from Homebrew:
In terminal, run:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew install exiftool
http://ninedegreesbelow.com/photography/exiftool-commands.html
File renaming: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/filename.html
Superseding action commands http://u88.n24.queensu.ca/exiftool/forum/index.php/topic,5079.msg24483.html#msg24483
cd to/images/dir
/path/to/rename-runner.sh
Sample output
Analyzing contents of [/Users/mrobbins/Pictures/2017]
Shallow directory count: [2]
Recursive directory count: [4]
--Directory Tree--
.
├── Beach\ Vacation
│ └── jpegs
│ └── raws
└── Friends\ Wedding
└── jpegs
Recursive file count: [138]
Shallow file count: [33]
--Recursive file count grouped by extension--
88 jpg
50 cr2
--Shallow file count grouped by extension--
33 jpg
Renames images and videos based on capture timestamp and puts the renamed files (copies) into a sub directory rename-output.
cd to/images/dir
/path/to/datetime-renamer.sh
Runs for all photos in the current directory (non-recursive).
Combines dir-analyzer.sh and datetme-renamer.sh with a user confirmation prompt before running the renaming.
cd to/images/dir
/path/to/rename-runner.sh
Prints all filenames to standard out, sorted by capture timestamp.