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Sorting photos into folders based on exif date

I am trying to create a bash script to take photos from a directory, rename and sort them based on the date found in the exif data made by my camera.

When the script is finished it should move all the files into this structure: ./YYYY-MM/YYMMDD-HHMMSS.ext

The section I am having trouble with is sorting the renamed files into folders.

This command

Code:

jhead -autorot -ft -nf%y%m%d-%H%M%S *

renames the files in the current folder to YYMMDD-HHMMSS.jpg taken from exif data.

I am new to scripting as I'm sure you can see, is there an easy way to strip the first four numbers from the file names, and sort them based on that?

Code:

#!/bin/sh

#



# move files from camera to sorting area

mv /<pathtomemcard>/* /<pathtosortlocation>/



# rename all image files in sorting area based on exif dates

# YYMMDD-HHMMSS.ext 

jhead  -autorot -ft -nf%y%m%d-%H%M%S /<pathtosortlocation>/*



# Sort files into folders based on the file name or exif date (whichever is easiest)

# NEED TO DO



# move sorted files into photo library

mv /<pathtosortlocation>/* /<pathtophotolib>/

Thanks in advance for any help!

Moin,

you're using bash?

Untested:

Code:

ls <pathtosortlocation> | while read f; do

  # extract first 4 characters from filename

  YYMM=${f:0:4}

  # create directory if it does not exist

  test -d $YYMM || mkdir $YYMM

  # move the current file to the destination dir

  mv <pathtosortlocation>/$f $YYMM/$f

done

Jan

Thanks jan61, that worked perfectly.

Here is my script so far:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

#

#

CameraPath="/home/angus/st/camera"

SortLocation="/home/angus/st/sort"

PhotoLibrary="/home/angus/st/library"

CharFromName=4



############

# move files from camera to $SortLocation

mv $CameraPath/* $SortLocation/



############

# rename all image files in $SortLocation

# YYMMDD-HHMMSS.ext

jhead  -autorot -ft -nf%y%m%d-%H%M%S $SortLocation/*



###########

# Sort files into folders using $CharFromName letters of the file name

#

ls $SortLocation | while read file; do

 # extract first $CharFromName characters from filename

 YYMM=${file:0:$CharFromName}

 # create directory if it does not exist

 test -d $SortLocation/$YYMM || mkdir $SortLocation/$YYMM

 # move the current file to the destination dir

 mv -v $SortLocation/$file $SortLocation/$YYMM/$file

done



##########

# move sorted files into photo library

mv -v $SortLocation/* $PhotoLibrary/

would it be possible to set $CameraPath to either the string set in the script, or the first argument used when running it. ($1)?

So I could execute the script as ./ImageSort.sh /new/location/of/images
to use /new/location/of/images as the camera path, but if I don't specify an argument it just uses the value given inside?

Also, can I have it pause when run, before moving the files to the sort location, and echo $CameraPath for confirmation?

Thanks again.

Moin,

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperJediWombat! (Post 3526273)

...would it be possible to set $CameraPath to either the string set in the script, or the first argument used when running it. ($1)?

Code:

CameraPath=/path/to/default

test -n "$1" && CameraPath="$1"

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperJediWombat! (Post 3526273)

Also, can I have it pause when run, before moving the files to the sort location, and echo $CameraPath for confirmation?

Code:

read -p "Path: $CameraPath; continue (y/n)?" confirm

test "$confirm" = "y" || exit 0

Jan

Moin,

Thanks jan, it's all coming together. I've just found that when using mv to move a directory, it does not merge the folders if the target directory has files inside.

Code:

##########

# move sorted files into photo library

mv -v $SortLocation/* $PhotoLibrary/

Gives this error

Code:

mv: cannot move `/home/angus/.imagesort/0905' to `/home/angus/Photos/0905': Directory not empty

Checking the mv man pages, and google hasn't helped, is there an argument to fix that?

All finished.

Code:

#!/bin/bash

#

#

PhotosPath="/media/4GBSD/DCIM/101CANON"

SortPath="/home/angus/.imagesort"

LibraryPath="/home/angus/Photos"

CameraPath="/media/4GBSD"

CharFromName=4

echo 

echo 

############

# Test to see if $PhotosPath exists, if not promp for new path / exit.

test -d $PhotosPath || read -p "$PhotosPath does not exist, close to exit or type new path:" PhotosPath

test -d $PhotosPath || "read -p '$PhotosPath is invalid. Press enter to close' && exit"



############

# move files from camera to $SortPath

mv $PhotosPath/* $SortPath/



############

# rename all image files in $SortPath

# FolderDateDD-HHMMSS.ext

jhead  -autorot -ft -nf%y%m%d-%H%M%S $SortPath/*



###########

# Sort files into folders using $CharFromName letters of the file name

#

ls $SortPath | while read file; do

 # extract first $CharFromName characters from filename

 FolderDate=${file:0:$CharFromName}

 # create directory if it does not exist

 test -d $LibraryPath/$FolderDate || mkdir $LibraryPath/$FolderDate

 # move the current file to the destination dir

 mv -v $SortPath/$file $LibraryPath/$FolderDate/$file

done



##########

# move sorted files into photo library

#mv -v $SortPath/* $LibraryPath/ 



##########

# Umount the card

umount $CameraPath



##########

# End notification

echo 

echo "Photos  from: $PhotosPath"

echo "End location: $LibraryPath"

echo 

echo "The card has been ejected."

echo 

read -p "Press enter to close this window…"

A lot of effort gone into this script but it also also useful to note that jhead as used here can be used to move the photos directly into directories as it renames them by modifying the output string format:

e.g.:

jhead -n%Y/%m/%d/%f *.jpg

will put the photos into a directory structure of /year/month/day (I used %f to retain the original filename and there are differences between -n and -nf so check the manual).

(Also works in "the other os" but you need to use "\" not "/" for directories)

Quote:

Originally Posted by manville (Post 3542728)

jhead -n%Y/%m/%d/%f *.jpg

Wow, thanks Manville. jhead is amazingly useful.