A simple shell script that organizes media files in date folders.

organize-media.sh

#!/bin/bash

# A simple shell script that organizes media files in date folders.
# This script uses exiftool that can be installed using "sudo apt-get install libimage-exiftool-perl"

for file in *.{jpg,JPG,3gp,3GP,png,PNG,mp4,MP4,mov,MOV};
do
        datepath="$(exiftool -s -G "$file" | grep '\[EXIF\].*ModifyDate' | awk '{print $4 }' | sed s%:%/%g)"

        if [ -z $datepath ]; then
                datepath="$(exiftool -s -G "$file" | grep 'FileModifyDate' | awk '{print $4 }' | sed s%:%/%g)"
        fi

        if ! test -e "$datepath"; then
                mkdir -pv "$datepath"
        fi

        #mv --backup=t -v "$file" $datepath # preserve backup
        mv -v "$file" $datepath
done