In my import script for Olympus raw files, I use the following three commands subsequently:
# Rename all files according to creation date
exiftool -F -overwrite_original -m -creator="$MY_NAME" -copyright="$COPYRIGHT" '-filename<${DateTimeOriginal.%le'\
-d '%Y%m%d_%H%M%S%%-c' '-FileModifyDate<${DateTimeOriginal}${subsectimeoriginal;$_ = /_(\d+)/ ? "-$1" : ""}}'
# Add counter for serial shots
exiftool -m -P -if '$drivemode =~ /continuous/i' \
'-FileName<${EXIF:DateTimeOriginal}-${drivemode;$_ = /Shot (\d+)/ ? sprintf("%.2d",$1) : undef}%-c.%le'\
-d '%Y%m%d_%H%M%S' "$@"
# Add counter for bracket shots
exiftool -m -P -if '$drivemode =~ /bracket/i' \
'-FileName<${EXIF:DateTimeOriginal}-${drivemode;$_ = /Shot (\d+)/ ? sprintf("%.3d",$1) : undef}%-c.%le'\
-d '%Y%m%d_%H%M%S' "$@"
This works so far, but running exiftool three times on a file seems a bit much and I get an exit code > 0 from the two if conditionals.
Also sometimes on imports with more than 1k files a counter is added to files even if there is no duplicate file name.
How can I streamline this and cut processing time?
Using exiftool 12.70 on Linux.
Is it necessary to have one
sprintf with
%.2d and one with
%.3d?
If you can use one or the other, you can probably drop the
-if and use "If two assignments affect the same tag, the latter takes precedence" operation (see Note #1 under the
-TAG[+-^]=[VALUE] option (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#TAG---VALUE)). Though it might be tricky with the addition of the
-m (
-ignoreMinorErrors) option (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#m--ignoreMinorErrors), as that means that
DriveMode[/url] will never be undefined.
Quote from: WalterS on April 15, 2024, 01:07:01 PMI get an exit code > 0 from the two if conditionals.
From the docs on Exit Status (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#EXIT-STATUS)
QuoteThe exiftool application exits with a status of 0 on success, or 1 if an error occurred, or 2 if all files failed the -if condition (for any of the commands if -execute was used).
You could check specifically for an exit status of 1 rather than >0. This is something I had to alter in some of my scrips when it took effect.