Renames Wingscape Plantcam files to the PhenoCam file format

plant2phenocam.sh

#!/bin/bash

# convert wingscape PlantCam files
# and moves the files into the desired file structure
# for easy processing with the PhenoCam GUI or toolkit
#
# NOTE: requires a running version of linux/Mac or cygwin
# with exif installed.
# 
# USE: plant2phenocam.sh MYSITE
# (MYSITE is your site name)
# 
# renamed and sorted files are easily processed
# using the PhenoCamGUI
#
# written by Koen Hufkens, 24/08/2013

# get a list of all wingscape files
files=`ls *.JPG`

# pick your own sitename
sitename=$1

for i in $files;
do
	# extract date and time from exif data
	date=`exif $i | grep "Date and Time" | head -n 1 | cut -d'|' -f2 | cut -d' ' -f1 | sed 's/:/_/g'`
	time=`exif $i | grep "Date and Time" | head -n 1 | cut -d'|' -f2 | cut -d' ' -f2 | sed 's/://g'`

	# construct the final filename and rename (with copy not move)
	tmp=`echo "$sitename $date $time.jpg"`
	filename=`echo $tmp | sed 's/ /_/g'`	

	cp $i $filename

done

# sort files into the correct data structure (a folder for each month)
years=`ls *.jpg | cut -d'_' -f2 | uniq`
months=`ls *.jpg | cut -d'_' -f3 | uniq`

for i in $years;
do

echo $i

# if the year directory does not exist, create it
if [ ! -d "./$i" ]; then
mkdir ./$i
fi

	for j in $months;
	do

		# if the month directory does not exits, create it
		if [ ! -d "./$j" ]; then
		mkdir ./$i/$j
		fi

		#files_to_move=`ls *_${i}_${j}_*.jpg`
		mv *_${i}_${j}_*.jpg ./$i/$j

	done
done