Is there a simple way (maybe a script), to automatically insert the current date into the filename of a newly created document either in nautilus or in Libreoffice?
A function like that would be useful for me, since I produce a lot of documents and sort them by making their names start with the date of their creation.
Nautilus-actions or Nautilus scripts may help. You could get something like a "timestamp" command in the contextual menu. Nautilus-actions lets you choose which file types will have the command available.
Nautilus-actions is available in software-center and then in settings menu. Nautilus scripts are those stored in "~/.gnome2/nautilus-script"
Doing so, your files won't be automatically timestamped, but the job will be easier.
Put this code into a file (e.g. add_date) move it to the ~/.gnome2/nautilus-script directory. Perhaps you need to add execute permissin (chmod a+x add_date). If you rightclick on a file in nautilus, you can append the date before the file name like in How can I write nautilus scripts in Python. The format can be changed in the row beginning with prefix = (strftime formatting)
#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8
import sys
import os
import datetime
import shutil
datetime = datetime.datetime.now()
prefix = datetime.strftime('%y_%m_%d_%H-%M_')
if len(sys.argv) == 1:
command = os.path.split(sys.argv[0])[-1]
print("usage: {0} file...".format(command))
else:
for _file in sys.argv[1:]:
newfile = prefix+_file
print("New file: {0}".format(newfile))
shutil.move(_file, newfile)
Unfortunately, no. You can however rename the files using a batch renaming program (those are numerous in the Software Centre).
