#1 : 31/07-24 16:21 Claus S
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I have a small script to rename files which fullfill some condition. How can I add a line to automatically remove the files which do not fullfill the condition - i.e. are not to be renamed, from the file list?
I would like to rename photos which have an EXIF date tag to something including the date and time (that part I got). When I run a huge bunch of images in the script, sometimes a lot do not have the exif tag and will not be renamed. What I want is to remove them from the list, so I only see the ones to be renamed, so i can check them before applying the change. This is my script which I have stolen from another user here at this forum: if (app.parseTags("<Img Year>")){ fName = app.parseTags("EXIF--<Img Year>-<Img Month>-<Img Day>_<Img Hour>-\ <Img Min>-<Img Sec>"); } else { fName = item.name; } return fName; |
#2 : 01/08-24 00:42 Delta Foxtrot
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Reply to #1:
Hi Claus, There's no way that I know of to effect the number of filenames you see in the file list from within a script. You CAN right-click on the filename list and choose "Remove special / remove unchanged" to clear the items that are unchanged in the "New filename" column. Best, DF EDIT: BTW, you can truncate that script to: if (app.parseTags("<Img Year>")){ fName = app.parseTags("EXIF--<Img Year>-<Img Month>-<Img Day>_<Img Hour>-<Img Min>-<Img Sec>"); return fName; } You don't need the else clause. The script will automatically return the name passed to it if the "if" statement is not executed. It's not a big deal with < 100 filenames, but should be more efficient when a script touches ++ thousands of files. And if you have "Settings/Renaming/Replace unsupported with:" set to a dash, you'll get the same results with fName = app.parseTags("EXIF--<DateTime>"); (you may have to check which exif fields contain the appropriate date+time information), instead of that long statement where you fit together several exif fields. That's got to be more efficient, right? The only difference is you'll have a space between date and time rather than the underscore. I know, I know, it's not a big deal. Just something to think about. NOTE: I didn't test the speed differences of these, so I may be full of, well, mud. Or something worse. :) END EDIT |