Hallo,
i would like to rename my files by using a ARG-File. The filename should look like "2020-02-01_18:15:20.jpg". If there any title in the tags, the filename should look like "2020-02-01_18:15:20-Title.jpg". My ARG-File is here:
-FileName<CreateDate
-d
%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%e
-if "(($title) and ($datetimeoriginal))"
-FileName<CreateDate
-d
%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S%%-c-${Title}.%%e
What I get is "1991-03-14_09-34-25-${Title}.jpg"
How can I do this right?
Thanks for help.
You can't add a tag name to a date format string. So you have to separate that part out. That means moving the extension variable %e out of the date string.
Additionally, you have to put each argument on separate lines and you don't include quotes. That means the -if "(($title) and ($datetimeoriginal))" needs to be separated.
Also, make sure there are no trailing spaces
I haven't tested it, but try this.
-FileName<CreateDate
-d
%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%e
-if
(($title) and ($datetimeoriginal))
-FileName<$CreateDate-$Title.%e
-d
%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S%%-c
Now, on the second part of that arg file, you are testing for DateTimeOriginal, but copying from CreateDate. Are you sure you don't want to copy from DateTimeOriginal instead?
Thanks for your repley and your tip. This was a fault, now it works perfekt, but i have to change the first statment in
-FileName<$DateTimeOriginal.%e
-d
%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S%%-c
With the old statment it doesent work, thatswhy on additional question:
If I had a foto with no title, then it will renamed without an extension. It seems, that the last d- Parameter (%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S%%-c) ist use although I have no title.
I thougt, that every option after the If - statment ist only used when I have a title.
The goal is a statement like
If (($Title) and ($DateTimeOriginal)) then
-FileName<$DateTimeOriginal-$Title.%e
-d
%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S%%-c
else
-FileName<DateTimeOriginal
-d
%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%e
endif
Any ideas for that?
One additional question:
Is ther any possibility:
When I use this statment
-FileName<$DateTimeOriginal-$Title.%e
-d
%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S%%-c
if i had a blanc space in a title so the filename contains also blanc spaces.
Can i replace it with "_"?
Yes.
Use ${title;tr/ /_/} instead of just $title
But you have to be careful of other characters in the title as well. Particularly a "/" will cause problems, and other characters depending on your operating system.
- Phil
Hello,
is there any idea to reply #2
Thanks for help
Quote from: Quant007 on February 02, 2020, 01:32:42 PM
The goal is a statement like
If (($Title) and ($DateTimeOriginal)) then
-FileName<$DateTimeOriginal-$Title.%e
-d
%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S%%-c
else
-FileName<DateTimeOriginal
-d
%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%e
endif
Any ideas for that?
You do it like this:
-d
%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S%%-c
-FileName<$DateTimeOriginal.%e
-FileName<$DateTimeOriginal-$Title.%e- Phil