shell scripts to organize and modify scanned images from Epson FastFoto FF-680W

create_dated_folders.sh

for f in *.jpg; do
    date="${f:0:10}"
    if ! [ -d "${date}" ]; then
        echo "creating folder ${date}"
        mkdir "${date}"
    fi
    echo "moving ${f}"
    mv ${f} ${date}
done

process_fastfoto_folders.sh

# use exiftool to change image date of all files to date in directory.
# time set to 12:00.
# directory name must follow pattern "YYYY-mm-dd".
# parameter $1: directory path
function change_img_dates {
    directory=$1
    dateFmt="${directory//-/:}"
    allDatesStr="${dateFmt} 12:00:00"
    # exiftool -AllDates="${allDatesStr}" ${directory}/*.jpg -overwrite_original
    exiftool -time:all="${allDatesStr}" ${directory}/*.jpg -overwrite_original
}

# keep files that match `keep_mattern`
# then stash files matching `stash_pattern` into new folder `stash_dir`.
# operates on current directory.
function move_orig_to_folder {
    keep_pattern="*_a.jpg"
    stash_pattern="*.jpg"
    stash_dir="original"
    keep_dir="tmp"
    if [ -d ${stash_dir} ]; then
      echo "Already moved files. Skipping."
      return
    fi
    echo "Keeping files matching ${keep_pattern}."
    mkdir ${stash_dir} ${keep_dir}
    mv ${keep_pattern} ${keep_dir}
    mv ${stash_pattern} ${stash_dir}
    mv ${keep_dir}/* .
    rm -r ${keep_dir}
}

for D in *; do
    # per folder
    if [ -d "${D}" ]; then
        echo "${D}"
        change_img_dates ${D}

        pushd ${D}  > /dev/null
        move_orig_to_folder
        popd  > /dev/null
    fi
done

Thank you for this @victorlin! Just got one of these scanners to digitize some old photos and was about to write these scripts myself.

@davidmerrick awesome, glad it works for you! Looking back at this, it seems unclear how files are supposed to be organized without a README. Hope it wasn't too hard to figure out!