Re: batch automation

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2009-08-02 23:36, jeremy jozwik wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> > > > for i in *.jpg; \
> > > > do \
> > > >   bn=$(basename "${i}" .jpg) \
> > > >   echo "${bn}" \
> > > > done
> > > >
> > > > Replace the echo statement with appropriate exiftool command.
> ./exif.sh: line 7: syntax error: unexpected end of file
>
> ok, im getting frustrated. i have to cook, and i am currently not
> finding what i need to know.
> anyone want to plug-in the needed parts? i just want to edit my photos
> and be done with it for today. learning scripts will come at a later
> date.
>
> jpg with exif data:
> /home/##/Desktop/photo/fresh/
>
> jpg without exif data:
> /home/##/Desktop/photo/raw/
>
> exiftool
> /home/##/exiftool/exiftool/
>
> exiftool command in need of batchin:
> ./exiftool -TagsFromFile /home/##/Desktop/photo/fresh/with.jpg
> /home/##/Desktop/photo/raw/without.jpg
>
> please help! my god im an artist not a programmer!! :)

My bad for adding the continuation characters.  This definitely works:

#!/bin/bash
for i in *.jpg;
do
   bn=$(basename "${i}" .jpg)
   echo "${bn}"
done



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