Keyboard Maestro to batch add section of filename to description

[s_smith]

I'm trying to run Exif tool from within Keyboard Maestro. The idea is to take a section of the file name (the ImageID) and then put that into another part of the metadata that can be accessed through lightroom) so I can rename the file but still reference the ImageID.
I have the new image name in the variable %ImageID% and the full filename and path are in %PathFull%

For some reason it isn't execuiting the shell script, or I'm not getting any output.


Execute shell script:

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exiftool -overwrite_original "-Description<$KMVAR_ImageID" "$KMVAR_PathFull"

Exiftool is successfully installed.Looking for any advice.

Thank you

[Phil Harvey]

I have the new image name in the variable %ImageID% and the full filename and path are in %PathFull%

Do you mean %KMVAR_ImageID% and %KMVAR_PathFull% ? --

Execute shell script:

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exiftool -overwrite_original "-Description<$KMVAR_ImageID" "$KMVAR_PathFull"

I really can't help much because I don't know how Keyboard Maestro executes commands.  Perhaps try starting with a command you know that works and build from there.

- Phil

[StarGeek]

I have the new image name in the variable %ImageID% and the full filename and path are in %PathFull%

Do you mean %KMVAR_ImageID% and %KMVAR_PathFull% ?

Keyboard Maestro appears to be a Mac program. Does a Mac use the % to indicate variables?

But overall, this would be a Keyboard Maestro problem, not an exiftool problem.

[Hubert]

Just a guess, but you may need to specify the full path to your ExifTool installation:

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/usr/local/bin/exiftool
is the default. (You certainly have to with the 'do shell script' command in AppleScript.)