Exiftool file renaming

[j99mac]

Is it posable to use exiftool to rename file in many folders sequently starting at 1 in each folder?
Example
Abc
   abc001.tif - abc00x.tif
abcd
   abcd001.tif - abcd00x.tif

[Phil Harvey]

Yes.

exiftool "-filename=abc%.3nc.%e" -r DIR

- Phil

[j99mac]

Thanks this worked. Is it posable to exclude a directory or a folder when renaming?

[StarGeek]

See the -i (Ignore) option.

[j99mac]

if I want to use -ignore to not runa  command on a directory witch is inside a sub directory could I add this to the end of my file path-i test
example
exiftool "-filename=abc%.3nc.%e" -r DIR -i *DIR*

or is there another way to ignore a specific subdir?

When run exiftool "-filename=abc%.3nc.%e" -r DIR -i *DIR*
One of the file desaperd

is there something I need to change

[StarGeek]

You can't use wildcards.

If your paths are
C:\aa\
C:\aa\bbb\
C:\aa\bbb\ccc\
C:\aa\bbb\ccc\ddd\
C:\aa\ccc\

Then to ignore ccc in the bbb directory (which will include subdirectory ddd), you would use the full path -i C:\aa\bbb\ccc\ or if you had CD'ed into aa, you could use the relative path -i .\bbb\ccc
You could also use -i ccc to ignore both C:\aa\bbb\ccc\ and C:\aa\ccc\

[j99mac]

I am working on a Mac
so C:\ would not work

[j99mac]

would it deposable to add i $dirt to make the script not rename files in a sub dir?
would this work?
exiftool "-filename=abc%.3nc.%e" -r DIR -i $dir