How add a number at the end of a File Name when sorting by year?

[distante]

Hello!

I have found this really cool library and I am using it to try to sort a lot of photos I have into YEAR folders,

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exiftool -m -r -Directory=/Users/me/test/NO_METADATA "-Directory<DateTimeOriginal" -d "/Users/me/test/SORTED/%Y" "./test/my-folder"

The problem I have is that when a file with the same name already exists (probably because it is duplicated really), the process ends with an error.

Is there a way to say "please add an `-1`, `-2`, and so on if the file already exists?

I am running yet another script to handle the `NO_METADATA` images and it is not called because the `exifool` command throws and I would not like to catch those errors since they point me to things I need to fix.

Thank you in advance and thank you for this wonderful tool!

[StarGeek]

Because you want to change the filename, instead of using Diretory, you have to use Filename and add the %c variable.

exiftool -m -r -Directory=/Users/me/test/NO_METADATA "-Filename<$DateTimeOriginal/%f%-c.%e" -d "/Users/me/test/SORTED/%Y" "./test/my-folder"

See the -w (-TextOut) option for details on the percent variables and the Writing "FileName" and "Directory" tags page for more information.

[distante]

Hi thanks for the response.

Using that code complains about the <.

Warning: Invalid tag name '/%f%-c.%e'. Use '=' not '<' to assign a tag value - ./test/21.07.16/Retrica/IMG_20160607_101242526.jpg

Changing the < to = puts everything on the NO_METADATA folder.

I changed it in this way and it worked (unless I am missing something):

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exiftool -m -r -Directory=/Users/me/test/NO_METADATA "-Directory<DateTimeOriginal" "-Filename=${sortedFolder}/%Y/%f%-c.%e" -d "/Users/me/test/SORTED/%Y" "./test/my-folder"

[Phil Harvey]

You haven't told us which command shell you are using, but it appears you need to use single quotes not double quotes.  See my signature.

- Phil

[distante]

You haven't told us which command shell you are using, but it appears you need to use single quotes not double quotes.  See my signature.

- Phil

Ah sorry, I am using a mix of the Terminal in Mac for single testing and a NodeJs script to process the folder I give dynamically.

At the end, in the NODEJS script, it is called in this way:

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function sortFolderWithExiftool(sourceFolderPath: string) {
  const destinationFolder = path.join(cwd(), 'test');
  const unsortedFolder = path.join(destinationFolder, 'NO_METADATA');
  const sortedFolder = path.join(destinationFolder, 'SORTED');
  // see: https://exiftool.org/forum/index.php?topic=15580.msg83710#msg83710
  execSync(`exiftool -m -r -Directory=${unsortedFolder} "-Directory<DateTimeOriginal" "-Filename=${sortedFolder}/%Y/%f%-c.%e" -d "${sortedFolder}/%Y" "${sourceFolderPath}"`, {stdio:'inherit'})
}



But like I said, unless I am missing something. I think it is now working as I expected it.