▐▛███▜▌ Claude Code v2.1.2 ▝▜█████▛▘ Opus 4.5 · Claude Max ▘▘ ▝▝ ~/repos/ethicallysourcedexceptions ❯ using wsl how can I path to a windows directory? ● In WSL, Windows drives are mounted under /mnt/. To access a Windows directory: # C: drive /mnt/c/Users/YourUsername/Documents # D: drive /mnt/d/SomeFolder # Example: access Windows Downloads cd /mnt/c/Users/YourUsername/Downloads Common patterns: # List files on C: drive ls /mnt/c/ # Copy file from Windows to current directory cp /mnt/c/Users/YourUsername/file.txt . # Open Windows folder in explorer from WSL explorer.exe /mnt/c/Users/YourUsername/Documents Note: Paths are case-sensitive in WSL but Windows paths typically aren't, so /mnt/c/users usually works the same as /mnt/c/Users. ❯ /resume ⎿ Resume cancelled ❯ I need to add keyword to photos in my lightroom clasic catalogue, I have a directory of exported images which have file names that I want to add the keyword to, how can I automate this? ● A few approaches depending on how much automation you need: Option 1: ExifTool + Lightroom Sync (Simplest) Write keywords to the source files using ExifTool, then have Lightroom read the metadata: # Install exiftool if needed sudo apt install libimage-exiftool-perl # Add keyword to a single file exiftool -Keywords+="YourKeyword" /mnt/c/path/to/photo.jpg # Add keyword to all files in a directory exiftool -Keywords+="YourKeyword" /mnt/c/path/to/exported/*.jpg Then in Lightroom Classic: 1. Select the photos in your catalog 2. Metadata → Read Metadata from File This pulls the keywords you added into Lightroom. Option 2: Script Based on Filenames If you want to extract something from the filename as the keyword: #!/bin/bash # Example: filename like "2024-vacation-beach.jpg" -> add keyword "vacation" for file in /mnt/c/path/to/exported/*.jpg; do # Extract keyword from filename (customize this logic) keyword=$(basename "$file" | sed 's/.*-\(.*\)-.*\.jpg/\1/') exiftool -Keywords+="$keyword" "$file" done Option 3: Lightroom Lua Plugin For deeper integration, you'd write a Lua plugin using the Lightroom SDK. This is more complex but runs entirely within Lightroom. --- Which approach fits your use case? Specifically: - What's the relationship between the exported filenames and the keywords you want to add? - Are the exported files the same as the originals in your catalog, or copies? ❯ the exported files are jpegs, the originals are RAWs my use case is I want to review and re-export the files from lightroom, maybe there's another way to do this? ● Ah, that clarifies things. You want to find the original RAWs in Lightroom that correspond to your exported JPEGs so you can review/re-export them. Option 1: Smart Collection with Filename List If the JPEG filenames match the RAW filenames (minus extension): 1. Get the base filenames from your exported JPEGs: ls /mnt/c/path/to/exported/*.jpg | xargs -n1 basename | sed 's/\.jpg$//' > filenames.txt 2. In Lightroom, create a Smart Collection with rule: - "Filename" → "contains" → paste each name This is tedious if you have many files. Option 2: Keyword the RAWs via JPEG Metadata If your JPEGs contain the original capture timestamp: # Extract capture times from JPEGs exiftool -DateTimeOriginal -csv /mnt/c/path/to/exported/*.jpg > dates.csv Then in Lightroom, filter by date range or use the dates to locate originals. Option 3: Collection via Lua Plugin A Lua plugin could read a text file of filenames and automatically create a Collection containing matching photos. Option 4: Simpler Workflow Depending on your goal, maybe restructure the workflow: - If reviewing for quality: Keep a "To Review" collection in Lightroom before exporting - If tracking what's been exported: Add a keyword like "exported" during export (Export dialog → Metadata panel) - If re-exporting with different settings: Use Export Presets and keep originals in a Collection --- What's driving the re-export? If you tell me more about why you need to go back to these specific photos, I can suggest the most practical path. ❯ I have exported over 200 photos over time to share with people (but they were never tagged as such), I am now re-exporting them to process them as higher quality for a website, I am also reviewing/improving my RAW edit before re-exporting ● Got it. For a one-time task of ~200 photos, here's the most practical approach: Recommended: Lua Plugin to Create Collection from Filename List Step 1: Extract filenames from your exported JPEGs ls /mnt/c/path/to/exported/*.jpg | xargs -n1 basename | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//' > ~/filenames.txt Step 2: Create a simple Lightroom plugin Create this folder structure somewhere (e.g., Documents/LrPlugins/FindByFilename.lrplugin/): Info.lua: return { LrSdkVersion = 10.0, LrToolkitIdentifier = "com.you.findbyfilename", LrPluginName = "Find By Filename", LrLibraryMenuItems = { { title = "Create Collection from File List", file = "CreateCollection.lua" } }, } CreateCollection.lua: local LrApplication = import "LrApplication" local LrDialogs = import "LrDialogs" local LrTasks = import "LrTasks" LrTasks.startAsyncTask(function() local catalog = LrApplication.activeCatalog() -- Read filename list (edit this path) local file = io.open("C:/Users/YOURNAME/filenames.txt", "r") if not file then LrDialogs.message("Could not open filenames.txt") return end local filenames = {} for line in file:lines() do filenames[line:lower()] = true end file:close() -- Find matching photos local allPhotos = catalog:getAllPhotos() local matches = {} for _, photo in ipairs(allPhotos) do local filename = photo:getFormattedMetadata("fileName") local base = filename:match("(.+)%.[^.]+$") or filename if filenames[base:lower()] then table.insert(matches, photo) end end -- Create collection catalog:withWriteAccessDo("Create Collection", function() local collection = catalog:createCollection("To Re-Export", nil, true) collection:addPhotos(matches) end) LrDialogs.message("Found " .. #matches .. " photos") end) Step 3: Install and run 1. In Lightroom: File → Plug-in Manager → Add 2. Select the .lrplugin folder 3. Library → Plug-in Extras → Create Collection from File List This creates a Collection called "To Re-Export" with all matching RAWs. Then you can review, edit, and re-export from there. --- Want me to refine the plugin for your specific filename format? ❯ Alright let's do it (the file paths are because I am using WSL) the directory with all the photo file names (.jpg) I want to add to collection: /mnt/c/Users/jbuck/Downloads/photo_export and you can go ahead and create the lightroom plugin directory here: /mnt/c/Users/jbuck/Documents/LrPlugins/FindByFilename.lrplugin/ ● Let me first check the filenames in your export directory, then create the plugin. ● Bash(ls /mnt/c/Users/jbuck/Downloads/photo_export/ | head -20) ⎿  DSC_0043-Pano-Enhanced-NR.jpg DSC_0049-Enhanced-NR.jpg DSC_0084.jpg … +17 lines (ctrl+o to expand) ● I see the pattern. Some filenames have suffixes like -Pano-Enhanced-NR or -Enhanced-NR from Lightroom's panorama/denoise features. The base is DSC_XXXX. Let me create the filename list and the plugin: ● Bash(mkdir -p "/mnt/c/Users/jbuck/Documents/LrPlugins/FindByFilename.lrplugin") ⎿  (No content) ● 250 photos. Now I'll create the filename list and the plugin files: ● Bash(ls /mnt/c/Users/jbuck/Downloads/photo_export/*.jpg | xargs -n1 basename | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//' > "/mnt/c/Users/jbuck/Documents/LrPlugins/FindByFilename.lrplugin/f…) ⎿ Tool use rejected with user message: sorry one more thing: can you remove from the list of file names all the imported file names already in the manifest json file in /site ● Got it. Let me check the manifest to exclude already-processed photos. ● Read(site/src/lib/data/manifest.json) ⎿  Read 774 lines ● I can see the manifest structure. The importedFile field contains patterns like 2024-12-10-DSC_0602.tif. I need to extract the DSC_XXXX base from both your JPEGs and the manifest, then exclude matches. ● Bash(# Extract DSC_XXXX patterns from manifest jq -r '.photos[].importedFile' /home/jbm/repos/ethicallysourcedexceptions/site/src/lib/data/manifest.json | sed 's/.*\…) ⎿  Photos already in manifest: DSC_0172 DSC_0602 … +9 lines (ctrl+o to expand) ● Bash(# Extract DSC_XXXX patterns from exported JPEGs ls /mnt/c/Users/jbuck/Downloads/photo_export/*.jpg | xargs -n1 basename | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//' | sed 's/\(DSC_[0-9…) ⎿  Unique DSC IDs in export folder: 243 IDs NOT yet in manifest: 208 … +11 lines (ctrl+o to expand) ● 208 photos to find. Now I'll create the plugin with the filtered list. ● Bash(# Create the full filename list (original exported names, filtered to exclude manifest photos) # We need the full filenames for matching, but only for photos no…) ⎿  Created filenames.txt with 214 entries Sample entries: … +10 lines (ctrl+o to expand) ● Now let me create the plugin files: ● Write(/mnt/c/Users/jbuck/Documents/LrPlugins/FindByFilename.lrplugin/CreateCol lection.lua) ⎿ User rejected ../../../../mnt/c/Users/jbuck/Documents/LrPlugins/FindByFil   update to ename.lrplugin/CreateCollection.lua 21 return 22 end 23 24 - -- Read the DSC ID list 24 + -- Read the filename list and extract DSC IDs 25 local dscIds = {} 26 local file = io.open(filenamesPath, "r") 27 if not file then ... 31 32 local lineCount = 0 33 for line in file:lines() do 34 - local trimmed = line:match("^%s*(.-)%s*$") -- trim whi -tespace 35 - if trimmed and #trimmed > 0 then 36 - dscIds[trimmed:upper()] = true 34 + local dscId = extractDscId(line) 35 + if dscId then 36 + dscIds[dscId:upper()] = true 37 lineCount = lineCount + 1 38 end 39 end 40 file:close() 41 42 - LrDialogs.showBezel("Searching for " .. lineCount .. " phot -os...") 42 + LrDialogs.showBezel("Searching " .. lineCount .. " photos.. +.") 43 44 -- Find matching photos in catalog 45 local allPhotos = catalog:getAllPhotos() ... 62 63 -- Create collection 64 catalog:withWriteAccessDo("Create To Re-Export Collection", function() 65 - -- Remove existing collection if present 65 + -- Check if collection already exists 66 local existingCollections = catalog:getChildCollections () 67 for _, coll in ipairs(existingCollections) do 68 if coll:getName() == "To Re-Export" then ... 77 78 -- Count how many IDs were not found 79 local notFound = 0 80 - local notFoundList = {} 80 for dscId, _ in pairs(dscIds) do 81 if not matchedIds[dscId] then 82 notFound = notFound + 1 84 - if #notFoundList < 10 then 85 - table.insert(notFoundList, dscId) 86 - end 83 end 84 end 85 90 - local message = "Found " .. #matches .. " photos.\nAdded t -o 'To Re-Export' collection." 86 + local message = "Found " .. #matches .. " photos and added + to 'To Re-Export' collection." 87 if notFound > 0 then 92 - message = message .. "\n\n" .. notFound .. " IDs not f -ound in catalog" 93 - if #notFoundList > 0 then 94 - message = message .. ":\n" .. table.concat(notFoun -dList, ", ") 95 - if notFound > 10 then 96 - message = message .. "..." 97 - end 98 - end 88 + message = message .. "\n\n" .. notFound .. " IDs from +the list were not found in catalog." 89 end 90 91 LrDialogs.message("Complete", message) ❯ wait we went from 208 not in manifest but create filenames.txt with 214 entries? ● Good catch. The difference is because some DSC IDs have multiple exported variants. Let me check: ● Bash(# Find DSC IDs that appear multiple times in the export folder ls /mnt/c/Users/jbuck/Downloads/photo_export/*.jpg | xargs -n1 basename | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//' | se…) ⎿   3 DSC_4145 2 DSC_2715 2 DSC_2468 … +17 lines (ctrl+o to expand) ● There's also a file called "crop" without DSC pattern. The duplicates explain the difference: - DSC_4145 has 3 exports - 5 other IDs have 2 exports each - Plus there's a "crop" file So 208 unique IDs → 214 files (208 + 6 extras from duplicates). For the Lightroom plugin, we only need the unique DSC IDs to match against catalog photos. Should I: 1. Use unique IDs only (208 entries) - plugin finds each original once 2. Keep all filenames (214 entries) - same result, just redundant matching Option 1 makes more sense. Let me also check what that "crop" file is: ● Bash(ls /mnt/c/Users/jbuck/Downloads/photo_export/ | grep -i crop) ⎿  crop.jpg crop1.png crop2.png ● Those crop files look like test files, not photos. Should I exclude them and proceed with just the 208 unique DSC IDs? ❯ exclude the crops, use unique ids only ● Bash(# Create filenames.txt with unique DSC IDs only (excluding crops and manifest photos) cp /tmp/remaining_ids.txt "/mnt/c/Users/jbuck/Documents/LrPlugins/FindByFi…) ⎿  Created filenames.txt with 208 unique DSC IDs Sample: … +5 lines (ctrl+o to expand) ● Now creating the plugin files: ● Write(/mnt/c/Users/jbuck/Documents/LrPlugins/FindByFilename.lrplugin/CreateCol lection.lua) ⎿  Wrote 103 lines to ../../../../mnt/c/Users/jbuck/Documents/LrPlugins indByFilename.lrplugin/CreateCollection.lua 1 local LrApplication = import "LrApplication" 2 local LrDialogs = import "LrDialogs" 3 local LrTasks = import "LrTasks" 4 local LrPathUtils = import "LrPathUtils" 5 local LrFileUtils = import "LrFileUtils" 6 -- Extract DSC_XXXX pattern from a filename 7 local function extractDscId(filename) 8 return filename:match("(DSC_%d+)") 9 end … +93 lines (ctrl+o to expand) ● Bash(ls -la "/mnt/c/Users/jbuck/Documents/LrPlugins/FindByFilename.lrplugin/") ⎿  total 8 drwxrwxrwx 1 jbm jbm 4096 Jan 8 20:33 . drwxrwxrwx 1 jbm jbm 4096 Jan 8 20:26 .. … +3 lines (ctrl+o to expand) ● Plugin is ready at C:\Users\jbuck\Documents\LrPlugins\FindByFilename.lrplugin\ To use in Lightroom Classic: 1. File → Plug-in Manager 2. Click Add (bottom left) 3. Navigate to C:\Users\jbuck\Documents\LrPlugins\FindByFilename.lrplugin 4. Click Select Folder, then Done 5. Library → Plug-in Extras → Create Collection from File List The plugin will: - Search your catalog for 208 photos matching the DSC IDs - Create a collection called "To Re-Export" - Show you how many were found and any that weren't in the catalog ❯ create a nice writeup walking through what we did in a markdown file, include full code blocks for any code (lua, shell scripts, etc.) that was used, write it to lightroom-catalog-plugin.md ● Write(lightroom-catalog-plugin.md) ⎿  Wrote 215 lines to lightroom-catalog-plugin.md 1 # Creating a Lightroom Classic Collection from Exported Filenames 2 This documents the process of creating a Lightroom Classic plugin to find original RAW files based on a directory of previously ex ported JPEGs. 3 ## The Problem 4 Over time, ~250 photos were exported from Lightroom Classic to sh are with others, but they were never tagged or organized in the c atalog. Now we need to: 5 1. Find those original RAW files in the Lightroom catalog 6 2. Review and improve the RAW edits … +205 lines (ctrl+o to expand) ● Created lightroom-catalog-plugin.md with the full walkthrough including all shell commands and Lua code. ✻ Sautéed for 48s