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exiftool script to move photos from one folder to another. organizes by the year/month/day folder hierarchy. works on macos, not windows.
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move-photos.sh
#!/bin/sh
fromdir=""
todir=""
exiftool -d '%Y/%m/%d' '-Directory<'$todir'/$DateTimeOriginal' $fromdir
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Phil Harvey has this quote as his signature on the forum:

On Mac/Linux, use single quotes (') instead of double quotes (") around arguments containing a dollar sign ($).

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ludwigtuerme commented Dec 22, 2022 •
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It does not work for mp4 files.

Don't use the FileName tag. Use the FileModifyDate tag instead.

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Or the MediaCreateDate tag.

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