Exiftool Command from ButtonBar

[fidofido300]

Hi
I am trying to run following command from Button bar but I could not succeed formatting it to run.

exiftool -ext '*' '-FileName<%f.$FileTypeExtension' -r ../images

../images is the variable part

Thanks in advance

[Stefan2]

Maybe use full path with quotes to the exiftool exe.


What is that command supposed to do?
Can you explain us the single parts of that command.



 

[fidofido300]

Change the file extension of all files under ../images folder according to their MIME type recursively.

-ext extention of file
'*' : all Files
'-Filename<%f.FileTypeExtension' Change filename extension
-r recursively
../images %P in Total Commander

[Dalai]

Is %f an ExifTool parameter? If so, double the percent signs because %f is also a TC placeholder. Press F1 when editing a button to see all other placeholders.

Generally it's a good idea to add a question mark at the start of the parameters field when a button doesn't seem to work properly. This makes TC show a confirmation dialog with all own placeholders already replaced (before the command is actually executed).

[Stefan2]

Also, the "<" sign can be get misinterpreted,
Maybe better to write your command into a batch file and call that from the TC button, to keep TC as interpreter out of the job.




 

[petermad]

2fidofido300
Try and put only exiftool.exe (with full path in the Command field. And then put the rest in the Parameters field - and if %f is an exiftool parameter then use %%f as also said by Dalai.

So:
Command: drive:\path\exiftool.exe
Parameters: -ext '*' '-FileName<%%f.$FileTypeExtension' -r ../images "%P"

When %P is used alone, TC does not put quotes automatically if there are spaces in the path - hence "%P".

[fidofido300]

Thank you for your replies
I have tried all the advice but I have not managed to get the solution. command works at the cmd or pwsh but even using batch file its not working.
and its executed very rapidly so I can't see the error.

[Horst.Epp]

Thank you for your replies
I have tried all the advice but I have not managed to get the solution. command works at the cmd or pwsh but even using batch file its not working.
and its executed very rapidly so I can't see the error.

Start the batch file with cmd /k yourbatch
and you see what happens without any timing.

[fidofido300]

Thank You
Solved

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
"C:\Program Files\totalcmd\Addons\Utils\exiftool\rename.bat"
%P%N
C:\Program Files\totalcmd\Addons\Utils\exiftool\exiftool.exe
Set all images to their MIME type by fidofido300
"C:\Program Files\totalcmd\Addons\Utils\exiftool\
-1
-1

rename.bat

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echo ON
"c:\Program Files\totalcmd\Addons\Utils\exiftool\exiftool.exe" -ext "*" "-FileName<%%f.$FileTypeExtension" -r %1 %2
pause

delete Echo On and Pause

[Dalai]

You only need to double the percent signs when the parameter is specified in TC's parameters field. It doesn't need to be doubled in TC's command field or within a batch file.

[Fla$her]

2fidofido300
This is done like this:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Addons\Utils\exiftool\exiftool.exe "-FileName<%f.$FileTypeExtension" -q -r
%V
Addons\Utils\exiftool\exiftool.exe
Fix the extensions of all images in the folder structure under the cursor

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[fidofido300]

@Dalai
Double percent is according to exiftool documentation. Apparently its needs to be doubled in batch files.

2Fla$her
Your version works on single files. I want to process folders.

Thank you both

[Fla$her]

2fidofido300
If there is a folder under the cursor, then the button works as described in the tooltip.
If you want the work to be done in the active panel folder, replace %V with a dot (it can be moved to the end of the first field).