find all .jpg matching -datetimeoriginal 2001:08:03 20:35:00

[rioguia]

I'm sorry for posting this in the newbies forum but I couldn't find the complete idiots forum.

I have a jpg that has not been backed up properly.  I am trying to find the original, searching recursively, using the -datetimeoriginal tag.

I tried find a way to modify the below pattern but couldn't find a way to specify a specific date.

exiftool -csv -n -datetimeoriginal -ext jpg -r /media/myhomedirectory/My\ Passport/ > out.csv

Thanks for any help you might provide.

[Phil Harvey]

If you know the exact date/time, you could do this:

exiftool -r -if '$datetimeoriginal eq "2014:01:02 03:04:05"' -directory -filename DIR

where DIR is the name of the directory containing the original images.  The above quoting is for Mac/Linux.  Swap the single and double quotes if you are on Windows.

- Phil

[rioguia]

Thank you.  On Unbuntu 14.04 it worked like a charm.  I input the following:

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exiftool -r -if '$datetimeoriginal eq "2001:08:03 20:35:00"' -directory -filename /media/myhomedirectory/My\ Passport

and got the following result:

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======== /media/myhomedirectory/My Passport/My Documents/My Pictures/DCP00503.JPG
Directory                       : /media/myhomedirectory/My Passport/My Documents/My Pictures
File Name                       : DCP00503.JPG