Rename Files with creation date from EXIF tag

renamer.sh

#!/bin/bash

# The directory where the photos are
SOURCE_DIR=/home/sserino/Pictures/PROCESS/Old

# The destination directory
DEST_DIR=/home/sserino/Pictures/PROCESS/Renamed

# The date pattern for the destination dir (see strftime)
DEST_DIR_PATTERN="%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S"

# Move all files having this extension
EXTENSION=jpg

IFS=$'\n'

for f in $(find "$SOURCE_DIR" -iname "*.$EXTENSION" -type f) ;  do
# Obtain the creation date from the EXIF tag
f_date=`exiftool $f -CreateDate -d $DEST_DIR_PATTERN | cut -d ':' -f 2 | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//;s/[ \t]*$//'`;

# Construct and create the destination directory
#f_dest_dir=$DEST_DIR/$f_date
#if [ ! -d $f_dest_dir ]; then
#echo "Creating directory $f_dest_dir"
#mkdir $f_dest_dir
#fi

mv "$f" "$DEST_DIR/IMG_$f_date.jpg"
echo "Moved $f to $DEST_DIR/$f_date.jpg"
done