wutscher / datr

A simple application to sort files (especially pictures) by their date.

DatR

A simple application to sort files (especially pictures) by their date.

How it works

DatR will first look if a file includes EXIF data. If so it will choose the earliest among DateTime, DateTimeDigitized and DateTimeOriginal. If not it will try to find a creation date and as a last resort the modification date. Once a date is aquired, DatR will either copy or move the files into their new folders according to the specified pattern.

How to install

Download binary

Download the Linux binary from https://github.com/wutscher/datr/releases/tag/release

Compile from Source

1. Clone this repository
2. run cargo build --release
3. run cargo install --path .

If you havn't already add the ~/.cargo/bin directory to your PATH.

How to use

Usage: datr [OPTIONS] --input <INPUT> --output <OUTPUT>

Options:

-i, --input <INPUT> The root folder containing the images

-o, --output <OUTPUT> Where the sorted images are placed

-r, --recursive Makes the operation recursive through folders

-m, --move Moves your files instead of copying them

-f, --format <FORMAT> The format of the resulting folder structure ('/' will create subfolders) https://docs.rs/chrono/latest/chrono/format/strftime/index.html [default: %Y-%m-%d]

-c, --cleanup Removes empty folders after sorting (NOT IMPLEMENTED)

-h, --help Print help information

-V, --version Print version information

Example:

datr -r -m -c -i ./photos -o ./sorted_photos -f "%Y-%m-%d"

might create the following structure:

photos
│
└─ <files>

sorted_photos
│
└─ 2020-10-31
│  │
│  └─ <files>
└─ 2020-11-01
│  │
│  └─ <files>
└─ 2020-11-03
  │
  └─ <files>

datr -r -m -c -i ./photos -o ./sorted_photos -f "%Y/%m/%d"

might create the following structure:

photos
│
└─ <files>

sorted_photos
│
└─ 2020
  │
  └─ 10
  │  │
  │  └─ 31
  │     │
  │     └─ <files>
  └─ 11
     │
     └─ 1
     │  │
     │  └─ <files>
     │
     └─ 3
        │
        └─ <files>

Contribution

I made this for my own personal use but I welcome anyone who wants to expand or improve it. If no major bugs appear, I will most likely not be updating this app.