Rename file to include the date and time from its modified date
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Set modification date and time from the filename of the form "yyyyMMdd-hhmm*.jpg" or "yyyyMMdd-*.jpg", this script returns the statements.
#!/bin/bash
for file in *.jpg
do
year=${file:0:4}
month=${file:4:2}
day=${file:6:2}
hour=${file:9:2}
minute=${file:11:2}
if ! [ "${hour}${minute}" -eq "${hour}${minute}" ] 2> /dev/null
then
hour="00"
minute="00"
fi
if ! [ "${year}${month}${day}" -eq "${year}${month}${day}" ] 2> /dev/null
then
echo "#'$file' not containing a date"
else
#modify exif metadata
echo "touch -t \"${year}${month}${day}${hour}${minute}\" \"${file}\""
fi
done
Rename file from EXIF metadata 'picture taken' time
Rename files "file.jpg" to "YYYYMMDD-HHMM-file.jpg", using 'picture taken' time:
jhead -n%Y%m%d-%H%M-%f *.jpg
