Subject: Re: [Name Mangler Talk] create rules with Y, M, D, H, M, S variables - HowTo?

From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 09:29:18 -0800

On Nov 27, 2016, at 6:49 AM, Erwin Panen <[email-masked]> wrote:

> - I would then like to be able to
> 
> -- search in several folders, but let's assume the above 2 from the images.
> 
> -- have Name Mangler filter out the correct YYYYMMDD that correspond with the period I choose or need for my report
> 
> -- make copies of the filtered result photos to a specifically named folder to be created (by Name Wrangler)
> 
> -- since all copies from both directories will now be in a single directory, and will be named according to a single naming scheme, they will be sorted chronologically according to the naming scheme.

I think here may be some base misunderstanding as to what Name Mangler can do: All it can do is rename files. It can't filter (other than it will only rename files that match the rules you create), it can't create a report, it can't move files, it can't copy files, etc.

To accomplish what you want to do, you'll need to write yourself some scripts and/or macros, using something like AppleScript or more likely and app like Keyboard Maestro. Name Mangler could be a step in the process, but it would only be one step.

Hopefully that clarifies what Name Mangler can and cannot do; please let me know if you have any additional questions.

regards;
-rob.

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From: Erwin Panen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 06:49:44 -0800 (PST)

Hi,

I've created a new topic  for this as I 'd like to treat it separately.
What goes before, can be found here in this 
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/name-mangler-talk/pc6399rQsgs/NpiIr19PCgAJ> 
other post.

<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-peRl4PIEqAs/WDrv2fgGakI/AAAAAAAAgmU/kTiIHbQvo147rpgegv8yviG1SxHkWuN8wCLcB/s1600/Screenshot_YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS.png>
The first image above shows the directory containing the 'annotated' 
images. They are renamed by the phone in this way.

<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q_W-KVKWD84/WDrwNL-SEBI/AAAAAAAAgmY/kgQ-iGTxkvU7C7WtkiOWUcQTz-gcKn95ACLcB/s1600/YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.png>

The second image above shows the directory containing the 'normal' photos.

As you can see they both have different naming schemes, but both use YYYY, 
MM, DD variables.

Now why my question:

I would like to find out how to create a Name Mangler workflow as follows:

- I need to create a report

- Also know that the relevant dates are e.g. 20151130

-- have Name Mangler filter out the correct YYYYMMDD that correspond with 
the period I choose or need for my report

-- make copies of the filtered result photos to a specifically named folder 
to be created (by Name Wrangler)

-- since all copies from both directories will now be in a single 
directory, and will be named according to a single naming scheme, they will 
be sorted chronologically according to the naming scheme.

=> And now ready to be treated e.g with Lightroom or...

Hence the required capability to create rules using the Y, M, D, H, M, S 
variables.

Thanks for your continued help!