Dynamic naming based on file content

deaddevil · #1 (**permalink**) 2 Weeks Ago

I was just thinking if there is a way where i can dynamically rename files based on the actual file content.
I have a load of pdf's which have been named wrongly. (We normally put date first, then brief description, then title)
So can a script be written wherin, it pulls out the date and title from a PDF file and then rename it accordingly.
thanks

pravin27 · #2 (**permalink**) 2 Weeks Ago

Could you provide input and expected output ?

sank · #3 (**permalink**) 2 Weeks Ago

Have you tried using pdfinfo ? This gives information about the title, date, creator etc, which you can extract and concatenate to form a new name for the pdf file.

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