updated the README (added a how to use the tools), finetuned the tools

README.md

@@ -1,31 +1,44 @@
 # EXIF-image-commenter
 
-a shell script to aid the adding of EXIF comments in photographs or images of most types.
+A shell script to aid the adding of EXIF comments in photographs or images of most types.
+
+## Use 
+
+`sh addcomments.sh [foldername]`
+
+`sh readcomments.sh [foldername]`
+
+For example: 
+
+`sh readcomments.sh photographs/day-1-selection/`
+
+## Dependencies
 
-## Dependencies :
 * exiftool 
 * chafa / feh
 
 ### Install exiftool
 
-    $ sudo apt install exiftool
+`$ sudo apt install exiftool`
 
 ### Install chafa 
 
 <https://hpjansson.org/chafa/>
 <https://github.com/hpjansson/chafa/>
 
-    $ sudo apt install chafa
+`$ sudo apt install chafa`
 
-Works for Debian Buster, but not on Stretch, ...
+Works for Debian Buster, but not on Stretch. Doesn't work on Ubuntu 16.
-Doesn't work on Ubuntu 16, ...
 
 ### Install feh 
 
-    $ sudo apt install feh
+If chafa cannot be installed on your computer, you can use `feh`.
+
+`$ sudo apt install feh`
 
 ## Authors :
+
 * MB
 * slowrussia
 
-These tools were created in the context of NOOO2!
+These tools were created in the context of NOOO2!

addcomment.sh → addcomments.sh

@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-for f in *; do
+# A command line photograph EXIF comment inserter was built to annotate photo files inside the files themselves. 
+# The tool also comes with a reader to go through the annotations in the terminal. See readcomments.sh. 
+# https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/EXIF-image-commenter
+
+# How to use it?
+# $ sh addcomments.sh [foldername]
+
+for f in $(ls $1); do
 
 	# First display the image ...
 
 	# Check if Chafa is installed, otherwise use feh
-	# To install feh: $sudo apt install feh
 	if ! [ -x "$(command -v chafa)" ]; then
-		feh $f
+		feh $1/$f
 	else
-		chafa $f
+		chafa $1/$f
 	fi
 
 	# Then read the current comment of this image ...
 
-	CURRENT=$(exiftool -S -Comment $f | sed 's/[^ ]* //')
+	CURRENT=$(exiftool -S -Comment $1/$f | sed 's/[^ ]* //')
 	echo "Currently this image is described as: $CURRENT"
 
 	# Ask if the comment should be changed ...
@@ -29,5 +35,5 @@ for f in *; do
 
 	# Save the new comment into the exif data
 
-	exiftool $f -overwrite_original -Comment="$comment"
+	exiftool $1/$f -overwrite_original -Comment="$comment"
 done

readcomments.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# A command line photograph EXIF comment reader was built to inspect the annotations of photo files inside the files themselves. 
+# The tool also comes with a writing script to add the annotations to the files. See addcomments.sh. 
+# https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/EXIF-image-commenter
+
+# How to use it?
+# $ sh readcomments.sh [foldername]
+
+for f in $(ls $1); do
+	CURRENT=$(exiftool -S -Comment $1/$f | sed 's/[^ ]* //')
+	echo "$f $CURRENT"
+done