smartarray/mediarename

Perl script that renames pictures according to their actual exif recording date.

Rename script for images

This script is useful if you want to merge images of two different devices into one single directory. Using this script you won't probably have filename conflicts. Plus: The filenames are sortable according to their dates.

Example: ./IMG_3128.JPG -> ./20171109_032037.JPG

Note: 20171109_032037 is the exif recording date of the picture.

Install exiftool

Mac OS X example:

	cd /tmp && wget https://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ExifTool-10.67.dmg && open `basename !$` && cd -

Install strptime for perl

using cpan or the submodules in the modules directory.

Installing a module via shipped tgz files is as easy as follows

• Untar the archive
• run:

	perl Makefile.PL
	make
	make test
	make install

running the script

In a directory with many files run the script as follows:

	./rename.pl *.JPG
	./rename.pl *.MOV # should also rename the AAE (iOS timelapse information files)