Script for register the date taken in the Exif information for pictures taken by Eken H6s cameras. From the PHOTO folder, set the date taken information on the camera exif. This is required for sort images by date. The script will rename files to match the exiftool requirements and later will set the date.

set_date_time_eken.sh

##!/bin/bash
set -e

for D in *
do
   if [ -d "$D" ]
   then
       cd $D
       for f in *.JPG
       do
           #rename files in order to match the pattern YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
           mv "$f" "20${D::-3}$f"
           echo "File $f was renamed to 20${D::-3}$f"
       done
       
       exiftool -overwrite_original "-datetimeoriginal<filename" *.JPG
       cd ..
   fi
done

echo "Files were changed sucessfully"