kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > > Adding a prefix to all the files in a directory is as easy as > > for i in *; do mv $i prefix$i; done > > (tested under bash). So one approach is to copy the files from the > memory card to a temporary directory and run the above command. > > More such goodies can be learned by reading "The Advanced Bash-Scripting > Guide" (apt-get install abs-guide). > > Does that help solve your problem? > > > raju >
I am already quite familiar with this method. However, if I have large number of images in my memory card, it is much more convenient to see the images in a browser, select the ones belong to a specific group, and copy them over to the harddisk with a preset file format, e.g. yyyymmdd_groupnamestring_nnn.jpg, where nnn is automatically fixed by the application (gtkam and digikam do this, IIRC). To get the same effect with a bash script, I need to first get the files of images I want to save as one group (which may be nonsequenatial in the memory card), then get their basenames and then copy them over with the newly constructed names. The first step is the most cumbersome. With a GUI browser, it is becomes sooo easy. So, to put it in very approximate terms, I am enquiring if my memory card maybe seen as a camera with an application in the same way as gtkam sees a camera through the USB port. ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
