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    There is nothing to suggest that the inode numbers will be allocated in the order that the pictures are taken. Commented Jan 26, 2017 at 7:04
  • Thanks for the feedback! I see the error in my thinking. How can I get the data from the Properties>Image>Date Taken field? "stat" for the pictures is telling me it has no birth date. Date Taken: 2016:10:12 11:13:26 me@desktop ~/2016-10-22 $ stat Pic_160 File: ‘Pic_160’ Size: 6924612 Blocks: 13528 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device: 801h/2049d Inode: 44171294 Links: 1 Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 1000/ me) Gid: ( 1000/ me) Access: 2017-01-25 23:16:44.764049619 -0500 Modify: 2017-01-24 15:15:38.922054000 -0500 Change: 2017-01-25 23:16:24.944048721 -0500 Birth: Commented Jan 26, 2017 at 20:42
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    See also exiftool -d '%FT%T.jpg' '-Filename<DateTimeOriginal' ./*.JPG to rename them based on the time the picture was taken as stored in the EXIF tags. Commented Jan 27, 2017 at 0:11
  • Thanks Stéphane Chazelas ! Exactly what I was looking for. Commented Jan 27, 2017 at 1:30
  • Sorry to anyone for updating/changing the question. Just showing the "progress" I was making. Commented Jan 27, 2017 at 1:31