image sorting in Linux

[Byron Sonne]

Hey all,

I've collected a large number of images in my time on this planet - and 
not just pr0n either ;)

Problem is, they came from all over the place (3.5" disks from friends, 
cameras, flatbed scanners, email, web pages, search engines, etc.) and 
consequently do not have a consistent naming scheme. So far it's over 
25000 images, and I have no intentions of correcting them all by hand or 
script.

Does there exist a relatively easy to use program that will sort the 
images by their graphical similarity and then automatically rename them? 
I'd be happy if they were named from '1.jpg' to '26382.jpg'. I'm not 
after anything complicated.

I know gqview has a very handy sort by similarity function; it's great 
and I use it to eliminate dupes. But it doesn't do reorganization as 
near as I can tell.

I suppose I could rip the similarity code out of the gqview source and 
hack something together, but I'd rather not re-invent the wheel and do a 
half-assed job at it.

Cheers,
B

p.s. On a unrelated note, thanks to all the folks who've sent in resumes 
to my employer. It's hard finding people and every bit of help counts.
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