I'm sorry for posting this in the newbies forum but I couldn't find the complete idiots forum.
I have a jpg that has not been backed up properly. I am trying to find the original, searching recursively, using the -datetimeoriginal tag.
I tried find a way to modify the below pattern but couldn't find a way to specify a specific date.
exiftool -csv -n -datetimeoriginal -ext jpg -r /media/myhomedirectory/My\ Passport/ > out.csv
Thanks for any help you might provide.
If you know the exact date/time, you could do this:
exiftool -r -if '$datetimeoriginal eq "2014:01:02 03:04:05"' -directory -filename DIR
where DIR is the name of the directory containing the original images. The above quoting is for Mac/Linux. Swap the single and double quotes if you are on Windows.
- Phil
Thank you. On Unbuntu 14.04 it worked like a charm. I input the following:
exiftool -r -if '$datetimeoriginal eq "2001:08:03 20:35:00"' -directory -filename /media/myhomedirectory/My\ Passport
and got the following result:
======== /media/myhomedirectory/My Passport/My Documents/My Pictures/DCP00503.JPG
Directory : /media/myhomedirectory/My Passport/My Documents/My Pictures
File Name : DCP00503.JPG