renaming jpeg files

[Dotan Cohen]

On 09/10/06, Tchize <tchize at myrealbox.com> wrote:
> hi
>
> this is a part of the documentation for a tool named jhead, available in
> the universe repository:
>
> *-n[<fmt-string>] *     This option causes files to be renamed according to
> the Exif header "DateTimeOriginal" field. If the file is not an Exif
> file, or the DateTimeOriginal does not contain a valid value, the file
> date is used. Renaming is by default restricted to files whose names
> consist largely of digits. This effectively restricts renaming to files
> that have not already been manually renamed, as the default sequential
> names from digital cameras consist largely of digits. Use the -nf option
> to force renaming of all files.

Thanks, it was already installed on my box. I'll play with this a bit.

Dotan Cohen

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