Automator: Exiftool: rename file: with focal length

[metso]

Hello,

I'm wishing to create a automator workflow to extract and rename .mov files based on the focal length used of a project using zoom lens.

i've managed to create renaming element of the automator workflow and also the workflow to extract the focal length, but I don't know how to write the exif data to the clipboard.

Can I simply extract just the actual focal length used?

and can I write this to the clipboard?

ps I'm using a Mac...

thank you

[StarGeek]

I don't believe that ExifTool can output to the clipboard directly, but a quick google search pulled up this page with seems to indicate that the mac has some commands that would allow you to pipe the output to the clipboard.

That said, ExifTool has some very powerful renaming abilities.  It's probably possible to take the tags you extract and directly rename and move the files for you without the extra steps of putting info on the clipboard.