File Extension - lowercase?

[ahopkins]

This is my first post here, and I tried searching for the answer so i apologize if it is listed in another thread somewhere.


Is there a way to specify the file extension as lowercase letters? Instead of IMG0001.PEF it would be IMG0001.pef. I have been playing around with qtpfsgui and it annoyingly only seems to recognize lowercase extensions.

Also, if there are any Linux users out there that have any recommendations on good programs to manage RAW images I would love to hear the suggestions. I have a few I am trying to play around with to see what works best for me.

[Venturi]

Welcome "Sir Anthony"

There's no way in-camera to force the file naming to lower case.

As far as photo management in linux goes, digiKam is what I used. I *think* there's an option in its settings to tell it to lowercase the file names as it downloads your RAW & JPG images from the camera/card. It will organize, keyword tag, assign default EXIF/IPTC data, etc.

For RAW processing and editing I used LightZone (lightcrafts.com). There are others - RawStudio, UFRaw for example - but I found LightZone to be the most comprehensive, intuitive and compatible with the K20D color profile. It does cost $99 (used to be $199) but it's worth it for the peace of mind and functionality, in my opinion.

[heliphoto]

In linux you can use the rename command to batch rename the files with lowercase extensions, but you have to know regex (regular expressions) which I don't so I can't help you with the exact syntax except to tell you to google it ... It also wouldn't be that hard to cobble together a shell script to do this for you. I could muddle through the script solution myself, but I'm too busy right now.

[SOldBear]

Can you try this little script. It is kind of mundane but illustrates the renaming to lower case:

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#!/bin/csh -f

foreach file (*JPG)
set first = `echo ${file} | cut -d "." -f 1`
set second = `echo ${file} | cut -d "." -f 2`
set firstlower = `echo ${first} | tr "A-Z" "a-z"`
set secondlower = `echo ${second} | tr "A-Z" "a-z"`
echo "** Rename ${first}.${second} to ${firstlower}.${secondlower}"
mv ${first}.${second} ${firstlower}.${secondlower}
end

exit
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[chiem]

In bourne shell flavor:

#!/bin/sh
for f in *.PEF; do mv $f ${f%.PEF}.pef; done

[ahopkins]

Thanks guys. I have no problem coming up with a script, and i like your suggestions (lucky me i do know how to use regular expressions). Just thought there might be a way to cut out a step. Looking forward to poking aaround these boards and playing with my new camera!

[ahopkins]

PS - it's Adam not Anthony

[imtheguy]

Thank God! I was afraid Hannibal Lector had joined the forum and was coming to skin me......Welcome Adam! Whew.

(I suspect Venturi was making a reference to the Actor rather than just guessing at your name)

[Venturi]

Originally Posted by imtheguy

Thank God! I was afraid Hannibal Lector had joined the forum and was coming to skin me......Welcome Adam! Whew.

(I suspect Venturi was making a reference to the Actor rather than just guessing at your name)

Indeed I was.