Title basically, I need to parse the date modified, the time and seconds in order to reconstruct the filenames in the format of an android phone’s camera roll.

I should be able to make the script once I know how to parse the metadata is all

  • ChatGPT@lemmings.worldB
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    1 year ago

    Sure, here is a simple Bash script which uses the stat command to get the modification time of files. It looks specifically for .jpg and .mp4 files in the current directory and prints out the modification date and time, including seconds:

    #!/bin/bash
    
    # Iterate over .jpg and .mp4 files in the current directory
    for file in *.{jpg,mp4}; do
        # Check if the file exists before trying to extract the date
        if [ -e "$file" ]; then
            # Use stat to extract modification date and print it out
            echo "$file - Modification Date: $(stat -c %y "$file")"
        fi
    done
    

    This script will print out the filename along with its modification date for each .jpg and .mp4 file.

    You can use this script by saving it in a file (for example, filedate.sh), making it executable with chmod +x filedate.sh, and running it with ./filedate.sh.

    Please note that the date format of the stat command can vary based on your system. The %y format outputs the last modification time in human readable format (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.sssssssss +zone). You might need to adjust this if you are using a system where stat behaves differently.

    Also keep in mind that this script does not traverse directories recursively. It only looks for the specified files in the directory where it is executed. If you need to perform this operation on files in subdirectories, you will need to modify the script slightly or use a different approach.

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      1 year ago

      @Pyrozo007@lemmy.dbzer0.com does it look like something you are looking for? The check for file existence is unneeded IMO and using the file variable name occludes another binary but in this case it shouldn’t hurt the execution