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File tagging software? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey everyone,

I have a ton of pngs, jpgs, webps, mostly of fantasy art. I want to be able to mass-tag them with things like "character", "environment", "elf", "demon", etc. and then view them based on tags. Can anyone recommend software like this for linux? Bonus points if it also works on windows. Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

mv?

Honestly, just prefix or suffix the filename. I've been cataloging all my stuff like that for the past 30 years - including, for things like music, the track number, which the filesystem and every portable device under the sun will naturally sort and play in the correct order. Finding things can be done with regular filesystem tools like, well, find. And it will work exactly the same way in all OSes that have a concept of filesystem.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's a really good idea, I'll probably do that. With that method, what's the easiest way to prefix a bunch of file with e.g. "human_"? Put them all in the same folder, and then write a script so every file in that folder gets that prefix?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's whatever works for you.

Me, depending on the type of file, I either have a more or less full description (so I can find things with find and English words) and/or some sort of short coding system that makes sense for a given type of file. After using the same codes for a long time, I know exactly what they mean.

For example, I would name an ebook "823-sf-rah-The_moon_is_a_harsh_mistress.epub": that way I can look it up by DDC number (823), genre (SF), author if they're well known (Robert A. Heinlein) and of course the title of the book, or any combination thereof. That's my own system for ebooks.

For music, I make one directory per album or record named artist-comma-name (e.g. "Al_Di_Meola,Orange_and_Blue") and the individual tracks inside as e.g. "track01-Paradisio.mp3", "track02-Chilean_Pipe_Song.mp3"... The reason I only do one directory deep per album instead of, say, author/album/tracks is because most MP3 players back in the days, and most music apps today, understand that way of organizing music. That's my own system for music.

Etc etc. Just make up your own system that works for you. Just stick to characters that are acceptable in all OSes' filesystems so you can move your stuff around without problems, and avoid spaces so it's not a pain to type.