* Jean-Luc CECCOLI <[email protected]> [09-15-16 16:01]:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> Well, I realized afterwards that this quesstion was rather stupid... since I 
> had don a backup of the whole folder before renaming !
> 
> As it is, my algorithm renames both NEFs and sidecars in one pass.
> The only bad side is that I must take the whole path into account for the cut 
> parameters. Being able to part subfolders would be better, but I am not that 
> far and I am rather happy with what I could do thanks to linux power.
> Since I was to work on absolutely all my photos, I deleted the library, then 
> re-imported the photos and could notice that most of them retrieved their 
> history perfectly.
> some did not, I intend to investigate why.
> I was surprized to discover that the xmpMM:DerivedFrom section has been 
> updated according to the NEF new name without resetting the sidecar itself.
> I don't know whether this behaviour is wanted or not, but in my case I am 
> very happy it did so.
> 
> BTW, I didn't understand what you exactly mean by
> 
> > remove the subj filmroll from dt
> What am I supposed to do exactly ?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> J.-Luc
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> > Message du 15/09/16 18:24
> > De : "Patrick Shanahan" 
> 
> > A : "Darktable Users List" 
> > Copie à : 
> > Objet : Re: [darktable-user] Batch rename photos + sidecars OK, but...
> > 
> > * Jean-Luc CECCOLI  [09-15-16 12:04]:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I decided to rename all my photos + sidecars to delete one useless 
> > > character.
> > > The files are into subfolders under one single main folder.
> > > >From within the main folder, this gives something like 
> > > >./20160625/180523670.NEF, which will be convenient.
> > > 
> > > After some search on the web, I was able to do this :
> > > 
> > > for file in $(find -name "*.NEF*"); do NF=$(echo $file|cut -c1-19,21-) && 
> > > mv $file $NF; done
> > > 
> > > which did the job, but... how could I do to modify le reference within 
> > > the sidecar so as it matches the new name ?
> > 
> > Modify your rename algorithm and apply to the sidecar/xml files, then
> > remove the subj filmroll from dt and import the newly named files. dt
> > will see your changes in the xml files.
> > 
> > -- 
> > (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri
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Select all the photos in subj film-roll and on the right panel of
lighttable view in the group "selected image[s]" select remove.

And I am only 75.

ps: why not trim all the excess quoting?
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