"""Normalize image names in clouds_1/ to sequential numbers. Files already named as a plain number (e.g. 42.jpg, 105.JPG) are left untouched. All other images get numbers continuing after the current maximum, ordered by date: EXIF DateTimeOriginal when present, file mtime otherwise — so an earlier date always gets a smaller number. Usage: python3 normalize_names.py # dry run, prints the plan python3 normalize_names.py --apply # actually rename """ import argparse import json import os import re import sys from datetime import datetime from PIL import Image FOLDER = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "clouds_1") IMAGE_EXTS = {".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png"} VALID_NAME = re.compile(r"^\d+$") EXIF_DATETIME_ORIGINAAL = 36867 EXIF_DATETIME_DIGITIZED = 36868 EXIF_DATETIME = 306 def get_date(path): """EXIF capture date if available, otherwise file mtime.""" try: with Image.open(path) as img: exif = img.getexif() raw = ( exif.get_ifd(0x8769).get(EXIF_DATETIME_ORIGINAAL) or exif.get_ifd(0x8769).get(EXIF_DATETIME_DIGITIZED) or exif.get(EXIF_DATETIME) ) if raw: return datetime.strptime(str(raw), "%Y:%m:%d %H:%M:%S") except Exception: pass return datetime.fromtimestamp(os.path.getmtime(path)) def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__) parser.add_argument("--apply", action="store_true", help="perform the renames") args = parser.parse_args() max_num = -1 to_rename = [] for name in sorted(os.listdir(FOLDER)): stem, ext = os.path.splitext(name) if ext.lower() not in IMAGE_EXTS: continue if VALID_NAME.match(stem): max_num = max(max_num, int(stem)) else: path = os.path.join(FOLDER, name) to_rename.append((get_date(path), name, ext)) if not to_rename: print("Nothing to rename: all image names are already numeric.") return to_rename.sort() # by date, then name for stable ties mapping = {} next_num = max_num + 1 for date, name, ext in to_rename: new_name = f"{next_num}{ext}" mapping[name] = new_name print(f"{date} {name:30s} -> {new_name}") next_num += 1 if not args.apply: print(f"\nDry run: {len(mapping)} files would be renamed " f"({max_num + 1}..{next_num - 1}). Re-run with --apply.") return for old, new in mapping.items(): os.rename(os.path.join(FOLDER, old), os.path.join(FOLDER, new)) map_path = os.path.join(FOLDER, "rename_map.json") with open(map_path, "w") as f: json.dump(mapping, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False) print(f"\nRenamed {len(mapping)} files; mapping saved to {map_path}") if __name__ == "__main__": sys.exit(main())