rename-arw

Description

rename-arw is a script, for MAC OS & Linux, that operates in the folder in which it is launched and renames all the RAW files with .ARW extension following this format:

YYYYMMDDHHmmss-<pattern><filename>

<pattern> must be provided by user.

YYYYMMDDHHmmss is retrieved from the datetime metadata of the file.

Installation

This script will work if the following commands are already in the system: file, cut, tr

Download main.zip and extract zip file, then:

cd rename-arw-main/

• For Mac OS users:

sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/bin/
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/
sudo cp rename-arw /usr/local/bin/
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/rename-arw
echo 'PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin/' >> ~/.bashrc

• For Linux users:

sudo cp rename-arw /usr/local/bin/
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/rename-arw

Update

If rename-arw is already installed in your system and you want to update it, just download main.zip and extract zip file, then:

cd rename-arw-main/
sudo cp rename-arw /usr/local/bin/
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/rename-arw

Usage

cd <directory-containing-arw>
rename-arw <pattern>

Example

Notes

This little script was written for a friend who needed to automate the file renaming operation he used to perform manually on .ARW files generated by his camera, before importing them into Lightroom. If features are added or bugs are fixed this repository will be updated with changes made to the code.