I need to move/reorganize some photo, but filtering them by date (eg, older then...).
Photo metadata seems OK:
root@eraldo:~# exiftool -a -G1 -s -time:all /home/gaio/Immagini/arthur/2019/10/IMG_20191020_102048.jpg
[System] FileModifyDate : 2019:10:20 22:15:46+02:00
[System] FileAccessDate : 2020:02:25 17:13:30+01:00
[System] FileInodeChangeDate : 2020:02:25 17:09:52+01:00
[GPS] GPSDateStamp : 2019:10:20
[GPS] GPSTimeStamp : 07:10:23
[ExifIFD] CreateDate : 2019:10:20 10:20:49
[ExifIFD] SubSecTime : 000820
[ExifIFD] DateTimeOriginal : 2019:10:20 10:20:49
[ExifIFD] SubSecTimeDigitized : 000820
[ExifIFD] SubSecTimeOriginal : 000820
[Composite] GPSDateTime : 2019:10:20 07:10:23Z
[Composite] SubSecCreateDate : 2019:10:20 10:20:49.000820
[Composite] SubSecDateTimeOriginal : 2019:10:20 10:20:49.000820
and if i try simply to search, the '-if' works:
root@eraldo:~# exiftool -r -if '$DateTimeOriginal le "2018:02:22"' /home/gaio/Immagini/arthur/2019/10/IMG_20191020_102048.jpg
1 files failed condition
root@eraldo:~# exiftool -r -if '$DateTimeOriginal le "2020:02:22"' /home/gaio/Immagini/arthur/2019/10/IMG_20191020_102048.jpg
ExifTool Version Number : 10.40
File Name : IMG_20191020_102048.jpg
Directory : /home/gaio/Immagini/arthur/2019/10
File Size : 1684 kB
File Modification Date/Time : 2019:10:20 22:15:46+02:00
File Access Date/Time : 2020:02:25 17:13:30+01:00
File Inode Change Date/Time : 2020:02:25 17:09:52+01:00
[...]
But if i try to combine the '-if' with 'TestFile' (i've done also a test with 'FileName', and photo get effectively moved away...) seems that the 'if' condition does not match:
root@eraldo:~# exiftool -r -if '$DateTimeOriginal le "2018:02:22"' "-TestName<DateTimeOriginal" -d "/srv/casa/Foto/%Y/%m/%d/gaio-%%f.%%e" /home/gaio/Immagini/arthur/2019/10/IMG_20191020_102048.jpg
Warning: [minor] Unrecognized MakerNotes - /home/gaio/Immagini/arthur/2019/10/IMG_20191020_102048.jpg
'/home/gaio/Immagini/arthur/2019/10/IMG_20191020_102048.jpg' --> '/srv/casa/Foto/2019/10/20/gaio-IMG_20191020_102048.jpg'
0 image files updated
1 image files unchanged
I'm a bit puzzled... thanks.
The problem is that you are reformatting the date/time with -d, which also applies to $DateTimeOriginal in your -if condition.
Change $DateTimeOriginal to $DateTimeOriginal# in your -if condition to avoid reformatting the date/time here.
- Phil
A-Ha! Bingo!
Sorry, i've read i think carefully docs and manpage, but i've totally missed that.
In hindsight, the line in -TAG section of the manpage:
A "#" may be appended to the tag name to disable the print conversion on a per-tag basis (see the -n option). This may also be used when writing or copying tags.
looks relevant.
Thanks.