Is there any way to rename files using exiftool in this form:
IMG_1234.JPG to 100331-1234.JPG
where the "IMG_" is replaced by YYMMDD
Sure, this command will do what you want using the date from DateTimeOriginal:
exiftool -d %y%m%d-%%-4f.%%e "-filename<datetimeoriginal" -v FILE
where FILE is one or more file or directory names. The %-4f takes the last 4 characters from the filename (and the extra % is necessary to get this through the date/time parsing). I also added a -v option for verbose output so you can see what the files get renamed to. If DateTimeOriginal isn't available, you can use CreateDate, ModifyDate or even FileModifyDate for the source date/time value.
For more information and examples of this feature, see the filename page (https://exiftool.org/filename.html) and the -w option in the exiftool application documentation. (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html)
- Phil
thanks!