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[Fixed] Rename Script for Camera Application

Hi Folks

I am using the Nokia Camera application to take snaps and upload them to twitxr.com but the filenames are strangely formatted which makes finding and storing them differcult.

A file named 43_03_18-250208.jpg was taken on 25th February 2008 at 18:03:43.

I would like some help in writing a bash script to rename the same file to 20080225_180343.jpg so that the listing would be sorted automatically.

Any shell gurus in here wanna help ?

Thanks

Re: [Help] Rename Script for Camera Application

Quote:

Originally Posted by cybergypsy (Post 147929)

A file named 43_03_18-250208.jpg was taken on 25th February 2008 at 18:03:43.

I would like some help in writing a bash script to rename the same file to 20080225_180343.jpg so that the listing would be sorted automatically.

Sed is built in, at least on my N810:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

# camrename.sh - Renames Nokia Camera application pictures

# v0.01 2008-02-26 by Jussi Ylänen



while test -n "$1"; do

  OLDNAME="$1"

  NEWNAME="`echo $OLDNAME | sed -re 's/([0-9]{2})_([0-9]{2})_([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{2})([0-9]{2})([0-9]{2})/20\6\5\4_\3\2\1/'`"



  if test "$OLDNAME" != "$NEWNAME"; then

    # Remove "echo" below to really rename...

    echo mv "$OLDNAME" "$NEWNAME"

  fi



  shift

done

In the sed expression above, each ([0-9]{2}) matces two digits and remembers them, later to be referenced with \n (where n is a digit). Year is assumed to be 2000 or greater.

Copy-paste the script, save it in /home/user as camrename.sh and do:

Code:

~ $ chmod +x camrename.sh

Usage:

Code:

~ $ camrename.sh /media/mmc1/camera/images/*

When you've tried the script and seen that it appears to handle the names correctly, edit the script and remove the extra echo to really enable file renaming. No warranty!

[Fixed] Rename Script for Camera Application

Excellent , Thanks so much , I was only expecting a few helpful hints!

I've tested it and it works perfectly , you have made my day.