Rename photo and video files

Ruby script to rename my photo and video files to "YYYY-MM-DD-000" format using the file creation date.

Params

• dir: the folder to search for files (Required)
• after_date: only consider files after this date (Optional)

Usage in ruby console

RenamePhotos.new(dir: Dir.pwd).process
RenamePhotos.new(dir: Dir.pwd, after_date: Date.today.prev_day).process

Usage in shell

Make the script available on the PATH, and then navigate to the desired folder, the script will rename photos in the current folder.

rename_photos.rb

Sample

File renames:
/Users/sergio/Downloads/17102007154.jpg -> 2007-10-17-001.jpg
/Users/sergio/Downloads/17102007156.jpg -> 2007-10-17-002.jpg
/Users/sergio/Downloads/DP200094.JPG -> 2010-06-26-001.jpg
/Users/sergio/Downloads/DSC00023.JPG -> 2011-07-31-001.jpg
/Users/sergio/Downloads/DSC00024.JPG -> 2011-07-31-002.jpg
/Users/sergio/Downloads/DSC00136.JPG -> 2011-08-07-001.jpg
/Users/sergio/Downloads/DSC00345.JPG -> 2011-09-12-001.jpg
/Users/sergio/Downloads/IMAG0023.jpg -> 2011-09-12-002.jpg
/Users/sergio/Downloads/IMAG0013.jpg -> 2013-10-27-001.jpg
/Users/sergio/Downloads/IMAG0014.jpg -> 2013-10-27-002.jpg
/Users/sergio/Downloads/IMAG0015.jpg -> 2013-10-27-003.jpg
/Users/sergio/Downloads/IMAG0016.jpg -> 2013-10-27-004.jpg

Rename? (press 'y' to continue) y
Done