Help making command please

[martin0121]

Hi all,
Total Noob here just trying to get my head round the command possibility.

I have sets of files with a set pattern structure... which in old RegEx would read as %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9.jpg, some parts are standardised and some are unique, some are mixed alpha numeric. so a whole mixed bag, but the pattern remains the same. example file name ... LAUD 0062 Sam Smith 5S1 2021 1706469N364Q 75B94 6395.jpg

My question is this... does anyone know of a way to have parts of this file name written into tags in one command? ie....
%3 %4 %5 written to the "Description" Tag
&1 %2 written to the "City" Tag
%8 written to the "Country" tag
%9 written to the "Source" tag

all at the same time....

Any help would be appreciated.

[Phil Harvey]

This is one possible way to do it, but this isn't for the faint of heart since it uses some slightly advanced Perl techniques:

exiftool "-description<${basename;my @a=split;$_=join ' ',@a[3,4,5]}" "-city<${basename;my @a=split;$_=join ' ',@a[1,2]}" "-country<${basename;my @a=split;$_=$a[8]}" "-source<${basename;my @a=split;$_=$a[9]}" FILE

There may be easier ways to do this.

- Phil