Ron Bouwhuis wrote: ><snip> > > >>So it looks as though I can use chcase to change >>the file names >>from what ever they be when downloaded into date >>order, for instance ? >> >>my experimental folder:- >>root/Desktop/mont >>root]# cd /root/Desktop/mont >>mont]# ls >>DSCI0001.JPG DSCI0004.JPG DSCI0007.JPG >>DSCI0010.JPG DSCI0013.JPG >>DSCI0002.JPG DSCI0005.JPG DSCI0008.JPG >>DSCI0011.JPG DSCI0014.JPG >>DSCI0003.JPG DSCI0006.JPG DSCI0009.JPG >>DSCI0012.JPG >> >>chcase -x 'tr/DSC1*/dd/mm/yyyy'*.jpg >>Now I don't ecpect that to work because for >>one thing it will create a lot of files that may >>possibly end up with the same name, or would it, >>presumeably it would addopt the numerical >>progression >>as well. What would be your thought here Jan,or >>maybe you have a better suggestion. >> >> >> > >FYI: ls -t will list files in date order. > >Ron. > > > > > Thanks Ron, You are of course quite right, if you ls -t it will list the files in the directory in date order, like this, [root@localhost mont]# ls -t DSCI0014.jpg DSCI0011.jpg DSCI0008.jpg DSCI0005.jpg DSCI0002.jpg DSCI0013.jpg DSCI0010.jpg DSCI0007.jpg DSCI0004.jpg DSCI0001.jpg DSCI0012.jpg DSCI0009.jpg DSCI0006.jpg DSCI0003.jpg
However , actually that in not what I meant. I want to create a system. A system that combines many directories of files whose contents will have files that will unfortunately include files of the same name as files in another directory. This is because a Camera once the existing images files have been formatted off the smart card begins again with exactly he same numenclature, ie DSCI0001, DSCI0002, etc etc. Maybe I just have to accept this. However this perl scrip suggests to me that maybe I can get it to rename each batch of files to "include the date" which by definition means they will all be disimilar provided that the individual file number is retained. So to use the above examples , maybe DSCI0014.jpg becomes dsci1014.10.09.0002.jpg the second file becomes dsci0013.10.09.02.jpg . This idea looks a bit ungainly I suppose. Perhaps putting the date first would be better, so, 10.09.0002dsci1014.jpg which is easier to run the eye over when looking for something because we can often remember a rough date when a picture was taken. In due course there are enough image files to write to disc as a record. As it is apparent I am trying to get myself organised. I will be getting, I hope , image files from various sources, some my own camera, some from other peoples camera, some will be scanned image files, and in linux they seem to be .pnm files and so though I had thought that by keeping to a date system maybe it would be workable without too much hastle, but I do not have a monopoly of ideas so if anyone has alternative suggestions, feel free. Now is the time to suggest them . regards, John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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