PicturesDedupeRename 1.0.5

Dedupe a set of pictures in a given folder and rename them using the yyyymmdd_HHMMss format

Ever had a shared folder of pictures with friends from one of your travels, and had a ton of weird filenames which made browsing pictures in order impossible?

This is a solution to that! Simply install this package and run a simple command to fix a selected folder by dedupe all pictures and renaming them using the yyyymmdd_HHMMss format.

Table of Contents

• Compatibility

• Installation

  • PyPI (Recommended)

  • From Zip

• Usage

  • Command line

  • Python Script

Compatibility

Python 2.7+

Installation

PyPI (Recommended)

Install using pip:

pip install PicturesDedupeRename

From Zip

Download the latest source from GitHub repository.

Extract and run:

python setup.py install

Usage

Command line

Some examples:

dedupe-rename.py -d /home/pictures/collection
dedupe-rename.py -d /home/pictures/collection -o dedupe

Show command line options:

dedupe-rename.py -h

usage: dedupe-rename.py [-h] -d DIRECTORY [-o OPERATIONS] [-p PATTERNS]

Dedupe a set of pictures in a given folder and rename them using the yyyymmdd_HHMMss format

optional arguments:
  -h, --help                              show this help message and exit
  -d DIRECTORY, --directory DIRECTORY     input directory for all pictures
  -o OPERATIONS, --operations OPERATIONS  the operatiosn to perform (dedupe, rename, or both) (default: both)
  -p PATTERNS, --patterns PATTERNS        the glob patterns for pictures (default: *.jpeg,*.jpg,*.png)

Python Script

Sample:

from pictures import dedupe, rename
files = load_files_to_dedupe()
dedupe(files)
files = load_files_to_rename()
rename(files)