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Sort photos into year/month folders by embedded date with ExifTool, dry run first
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What this guide covers
For anyone with a folder of photos who wants them filed by the date stored inside each file. You end with a command that previews every move before anything changes. Based on the ExifTool documentation; it was not run.
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Guide title
Sort photos into year/month folders by embedded date with ExifTool, dry run first
Coverage
For anyone with a folder of photos who wants them filed by the date stored inside each file. You end with a command that previews every move before anything changes. Based on the ExifTool documentation; it was not run.
Example
A hypothetical command sorts a folder called photos into year/month folders and keeps each original file name; it is composed from documented examples and was not run.
Useful starting points
- Work on a copy: writing the file name or folder alone moves files rather than copying them.
- If nothing is renamed, check that the date tag actually exists in the file and that the file type is writable.
- Count files before and after the real run; the totals should match.
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