Newbie need help recovering deleted files

Started by tung, June 17, 2021, 09:05:19 AM

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tung

Hi, I am newbie here. I need help recovering the original files from "arw_original" files that are being left in the folder. All my original files are disappeared (deleted/wiped out). All I have now is the "arw_original" files.
Thank you so much
ps. I use a sony A7II

tung

found a silly solution: Just manually remove/delete the term "original" from the arw_original extension. One by one.

Luuk2005

Also, instead of one by one, can do them all like...
exiftool -r -ext arw_original -filename"<${filename;s/_original$//}" DIR

Edit: Change double-quotes to single:quotes for non-Windows
Windows8.1-64bit,  exiftool-v12.92(standalone),  sed-v4.0.7

StarGeek

Normally you could use the -restore_original option, but that wouldn't help in this case because exiftool requires the edited versions to restore to.
"It didn't work" isn't helpful. What was the exact command used and the output.
Read FAQ #3 and use that cmd
Please use the Code button for exiftool output

Please include your OS/Exiftool version/filetype