photos.sh

August 18 2008

unload and file photos from a camera.. . digital of course

the use of this script is to copy (or move) photos from a camera (mounted as a regular mass storage device) to a folder filing system organised by date.. . (each photo gets a folder with it's date).. . . you will need for this to work exiv2 so do install this before using the script.

what this should do

to properly use this script :

go into the folder where the photos arrive, normally this would be on the camera itself however you can actually use this script to reorganize already taken photos of course.
execute the script "photo_save.sh"

the script will :

for each photo taken (including in child folders (although there is an option for this)
figure out the date when the picture was taken through EXIF
create a folder with the date and put the photo in it

configuration options

a resumé of the available options :

UNLOAD : this is where you determine the base folder where things will go
METHOD : here you can decide if you want the script to be recursif or not
EXTENSIONS : depending on the method you chose the syntax will change, use the examples to suit to your taste (and needs)

i personally use a copy of the script for each camera, so i rename the script to photo-save-d50.sh for my "D50".. .. .. of course here you do what you want obviously...

the script

you can download the script with this link or copy paste it from below . .. .. .

#!/bin/bash

# script designed to help unload photos from camera/cd/or_whatever
# to folders ordered by date based on EXIF info.
# USAGE:  cd /to/the/folder/where/the/files/are
#         sh photo-save.sh
# DEPENDS on: exiv2
# HINTS: if you have multiple cameras you can:
#       - copy this script accordingly: ex.  cp photo-save.sh photo-save-d50.sh
#       - make sure that UNLOAD parameter is set: ex. /home/user/unload/d50/
#       - now use photo-save-d50.sh instead of photo-save.sh
#       - repeat the same for as many cameras you need to..
#       if you didn't already know, you can chmod +x photo-save.sh and copy it
#       to a "bin" folder (ex /usr/local/bin/)
#
# AUTHOR: Emmanuel REVAH manu-AT-manurevah.com  http://manurevah.com/
# i'm not sure about a licence so whatever, just don't sue me.. . ... :]
# o/

# root folder for unloading pictures to
UNLOAD='/home/manu/toph/unload/d50/'

# the script can either work on files in current directory OR
# work on files in current directory AND recursively
# 1=current ;  2=recursive
METHOD=2

if [ ${METHOD} == 1 ]; then
# Methode 1 options
# types of files we want to move/copy (space separated values)
# HINT: you might need to add uppercase extensions
EXTENSIONS="*.jpg *.nef"
# list files based on EXTENSIONS
FILETYPES=`ls ${EXTENSIONS} 2>/dev/null`
fi

if [ ${METHOD} == 2 ]; then
# Method 2 options
# you'll have to add the extensions accordingly
# default line (you can replace "name" by "iname" for removing case sensitivity)
# FILETYPES=`find . -name "*.jpg" -or -name "*.nef"`
FILETYPES=`find . -name "*.jpg" -or -name "*.nef"`
# avec regex: find ./ -regex ".*(jpg|nef)$"
fi

# for every file we will find out the EXIF date and put the file into the
# apropriate dated folder (created if needed)
for i in ${FILETYPES}; do
        YEAR=`exiv2 $i 2>/dev/null |grep timestamp|cut -d " " -f 4|cut -c 1-4`
        MONTH=`exiv2 $i 2>/dev/null |grep timestamp|cut -d " " -f 4|cut -c 6,7`
        DAY=`exiv2 $i 2>/dev/null |grep timestamp|cut -d " " -f 4|cut -c 9,10`
        WHEREIGO=${UNLOAD}/${YEAR}/${MONTH}_${YEAR}/${DAY}_${MONTH}_${YEAR}

        # test if value year is empty
        if [ -z ${YEAR} ]
                then
                echo "$i: No Exif data found in the file"
                else
                mkdir -p ${WHEREIGO}
                cp $i ${WHEREIGO}
        fi;
done

exit