Image Sorter

image_sorter.sh

#/bin/sh

set -e

# very hackish
# Change the directory name below
# Make sure you have exiftool installed
#
# Will create a folder YYYYMMDD and move the image into it
# based on Exif, or at worse on the file date.
#
# Tested with a dump of iPhone pictures and movies (JPEG and MOV)

for i in Hubert\’s\ iPhone/*; do
    folder=`exiftool -EXIF:DateTimeOriginal -s3 -d %Y%m%d "$i"`
    if [ -z "$folder" ] ; then
        folder=`exiftool -CreationDate -s3 -d %Y%m%d "$i"`
    fi
    if [ -z "$folder" ] ; then
        folder=`exiftool -CreateDate -s3 -d %Y%m%d "$i"`
    fi
    if [ -z "$folder" ] ; then
        folder=`exiftool -FileModifyDate -s3 -d %Y%m%d "$i"`
    fi
    if [ ! -z "$folder" ] ; then
        if [ ! -d $folder ] ; then
            mkdir $folder
        fi
        echo "Moving $i to $folder"
        mv "$i" $folder
    else
        echo "Empty folder for $i"
    fi
done