Re: [newbie] PING John Richard Smith

[John Richard Smith]

Todd Slater wrote:

On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 11:36:10AM +0000, John Richard Smith wrote:
 

Todd Slater wrote:

   

As it currently stands, calling the script with "-n yourname" names
pictures "yourname-001.jpg, yourname-002.jpg" etc.
Calling it with "-d" names pictures "YYYY-MM-DD-001.jpg" etc.

Calling it with "-n yourname -d" names pictures "yournameYYMMDD-001.jpg"
etc.
     

Very many thanks Todd for your renamer script.
   

You're welcome!

 

example one
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cd /root/Desktop/Directory3
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Directory3]# ls
dsci0001.jpg*  dsci0007.jpg*   dsci0016.jpg*  dsci0021.jpg*  dsci0027.jpg*
dsci0002.jpg*  dsci0008.jpg*   dsci0017.jpg*  dsci0022.jpg*  dsci0028.jpg*
dsci0003.jpg*  dsci0012-2.jpg  dsci0018.jpg*  dsci0023.jpg*
dsci0005.jpg*  dsci0012.jpg*   dsci0019.jpg*  dsci0024.jpg*
dsci0006.jpg*  dsci0015.jpg*   dsci0020.jpg*  dsci0025.jpg*
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Directory3]# renamer.sh -n holiday
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Directory3]# ls
holiday-001.jpg*  holiday-007.jpg*  holiday-013.jpg*  holiday-019.jpg*
holiday-002.jpg*  holiday-008.jpg   holiday-014.jpg*  holiday-020.jpg*
holiday-003.jpg*  holiday-009.jpg*  holiday-015.jpg*  holiday-021.jpg*
holiday-004.jpg*  holiday-010.jpg*  holiday-016.jpg*  holiday-022.jpg*
holiday-005.jpg*  holiday-011.jpg*  holiday-017.jpg*
holiday-006.jpg*  holiday-012.jpg*  holiday-018.jpg*
   

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But I cannot quite understand how you do it your way, with the flag -d
do I add it something like renamer.sh -n hol -d 08042003
   

You do not have to add anything after the "-d" as it calls exif to read
the date imprint left by the camera (exif header). IOW, when you take a
picture the camera includes metadata about it (date and time taken,
speed, exposure etc.) which can then be read.
You can just include the date like "-n holiday08042003" if you want, but
if you've got old pictures you might not remember when they were taken.
HTH,
Todd
 

Todd, I've been a bit slow on the uptake.

I see what you mean. One further question though , you see my camera 
doesn't work in mandrake, so I use a multicard smartcard reader to load 
the image files to a system directory, will it still work ?,  the bit 
about the date that is.

John

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