This question has been asked previously in Bridge forums but not answered completely - somebody suggested posting here.
I'd like to run a script from Bridge CC that will append the filename (minus extension) into the Description field of the IPTC metadata. It needs to work with multiple read-only camera raw files (e.g. .ARW, .CR2). Previous suggestions worked with TIFs and DNGs but not proprietary camera raw formats.
Since characters '/' and ':' aren't permitted or recommended, it would be useful if these could be added by converting '*' and '=' from the filename.
For example,
Filename 1234.ARW should append as 1234
Filename 12*34.ARW should append as 12/34
Filename 12=34.ARW should append as 12:34
The description field may already contain some text, hence the need to append to this rather than replace.
If anybody could help with this, I'd be very grateful.