Mass Update File on Windows

remove-file-json.js

const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

const directoryPaths = [
    './Photos from 2014', 
    './Photos from 2015', 
    './Photos from 2016', 
    './Photos from 2017', 
    './Photos from 2018', 
    './Photos from 2019', 
    './Photos from 2020', 
    './Photos from 2021', 
    './Photos from 2022', 
    './Photos from 2023'
]; // list of directory paths

let count = 0;

directoryPaths.forEach(function(directoryPath) {
  try {
    const files = fs.readdirSync(directoryPath);

    files.forEach(function(file) {
      if (path.extname(file) === '.json') {
        fs.unlinkSync(path.join(directoryPath, file));
        console.log(`Deleted file ${path.join(directoryPath, file)}`);
        count++;
      }
    });
  } catch (err) {
    console.error(`Error removing files from ${directoryPath}:`, err);
  }
});

console.log(`Deleted a total of ${count} .json files`);

rename-files.js

const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

const directoryPaths = [
    './Photos from 2014', 
    './Photos from 2015', 
    './Photos from 2016', 
    './Photos from 2017', 
    './Photos from 2018', 
    './Photos from 2019', 
    './Photos from 2020', 
    './Photos from 2021', 
    './Photos from 2022', 
    './Photos from 2023'
]; // list of directory paths

let photoCount = 0;
let videoCount = 0;

directoryPaths.forEach(function(directoryPath) {
  try {
    const yearMatch = directoryPath.match(/20\d{2}/);
    let prefix = '';

    if (yearMatch) {
      prefix = yearMatch[0];
    }

    const files = fs.readdirSync(directoryPath);

    files.forEach(function(file) {
      const extname = path.extname(file).toLowerCase();
      let count = 0;
      let filePrefix = '';

      if (extname === '.jpg' || extname === '.heic' || extname === '.jpeg' || extname === '.png') {
        count = ++photoCount;
        filePrefix = 'photo';
      } else if (extname === '.mp4' || extname === '.3gp' || extname === '.avi' || extname === '.mov') {
        count = ++videoCount;
        filePrefix = 'video';
      }

      if (prefix) {
        const oldPath = path.join(directoryPath, file);
        const newName = `${prefix}-${filePrefix}-${count}${extname.toLowerCase()}`;
        const newPath = path.join(directoryPath, newName);

        fs.renameSync(oldPath, newPath);
        console.log(`Renamed ${oldPath} to ${newPath}`);
      }
    });
  } catch (err) {
    console.error(`Error renaming files in ${directoryPath}:`, err);
  }
});

console.log(`Renamed a total of ${photoCount} photos and ${videoCount} videos`);

update-time-files.js

const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

const directoryPaths = [
    './Photos from 2014', 
    './Photos from 2015', 
    './Photos from 2016', 
    './Photos from 2017', 
    './Photos from 2018', 
    './Photos from 2019', 
    './Photos from 2020', 
    './Photos from 2021', 
    './Photos from 2022', 
    './Photos from 2023'
]; // list of directory paths

let modifiedCount = 0;

directoryPaths.forEach(function(directoryPath) {
  try {
    const yearMatch = directoryPath.match(/20\d{2}/);

    if (!yearMatch) {
      console.warn(`Could not find year in directory path ${directoryPath}`);
      return;
    }

    const year = yearMatch[0];
    const files = fs.readdirSync(directoryPath);

    files.forEach(function(file) {
      const filePath = path.join(directoryPath, file);
      const stats = fs.statSync(filePath);

      const oldMtime = stats.mtime;
      const newMtime = new Date(year, 0, 1); // set mtime to January 1st of the year

      fs.utimesSync(filePath, newMtime, newMtime);
      console.log(`Changed mtime of ${filePath} from ${oldMtime} to ${newMtime}`);
      modifiedCount++;
    });
  } catch (err) {
    console.error(`Error changing mtime of files in ${directoryPath}:`, err);
  }
});

console.log(`Modified ${modifiedCount} files.`);