A script to organize photos and movies by date.

organize_assets.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# 2020-02-09
# Brief: A script to organize photos and movies by date.
# Execute this script in the folder with the images to organize.

# Organize images into a Pictures directory
find . -type f -iregex ".*\.[PNG|JPG|jpeg|NEF]*" -exec sh -c '
    for file in "$@"; do
        folder="$(stat -f '%Sm' -t '%Y/%m-%d' "$file")"
        
        # echo "./Pictures/$folder"
        mkdir -p "./Pictures/$folder" | tee ./organize_assets_log.txt

        #echo mv "$file" "./Pictures/$folder/" 
        mv "$file" "./Pictures/$folder/" | tee ./organize_assets_log.txt
    done
' sh {} +

# Organize movies into a Movies directory
find . -type f -iregex ".*\.[MOV|mp4]*" -exec sh -c '
    for file in "$@"; do
        folder="$(stat -f '%Sm' -t '%Y/%m-%d' "$file")"
        
        # echo "./Movies/$folder"
        mkdir -p "./Movies/$folder" | tee ./organize_assets_log.txt

        # echo mv "$file" "./Movies/$folder/"
        mv "$file" "./Movies/$folder/" | tee ./organize_assets_log.txt
    done
' sh {} +