Command Line Bash - Change file date modified to date taken/created - For each file in directory - Linux/Mac

change-file-date-modified-to-date-taken-created.sh

# Command Line Bash - Change file date modified to date taken/created - For each file in directory - Linux/Mac

# 1. Best method, find file with .jpg extension, and do function:
find . -iname \*.jpg -exec sh -c 'for f in "$@";do m="$(GetFileInfo -d "$f")";SetFile -m "$m" -d "$m" "$f";done' sh {} +

# 2. My old method - Example with all files in current directory:
for f in $(ls .);do touch -t $(date -r $(stat -f%B $f) +%Y%m%d%H%M) $f;done

# 3. My old method - Example with all files in specific directory:
# specific directory is for example:
# /Users/adamrosloniec/Downloads/BACKUP-PHOTOS/
for f in $(ls /Users/adamrosloniec/Downloads/BACKUP-PHOTOS/);do touch -t $(date -r $(stat -f%B $f) +%Y%m%d%H%M) $f;done

# 4. My old method - Example with only .jpg files in specific directory:
for f in $(ls /Users/adamrosloniec/Downloads/BACKUP-PHOTOS/*.jpg);do touch -t $(date -r $(stat -f%B $f) +%Y%m%d%H%M) $f;done