On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 08:40 +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > Star King of the Grape Trees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 > 16:05:42 +1100: > > Serena Cantor wrote: > > > > >I 100 bmp files. I installed gimp and imagemagik, but > > >can't find the way to convert 100 bmp files to jpeg in > > >batch fashion. Do you know the command? Thanks! > > > > > > > > I can't be bothered to consult the man page, but it will be something like: > > > > for $f in `ls *.bmp`; do convert $f --to-jpeg; done > > > > See "man convert" for the precise arguments. > > > > If the files are organized in directories, you may need to use 'find' > > instead of just 'ls'. See man find. > > Why on earth would you want to put ls in backticks? I wonder who > originated this rather redundant and fragile (what happens when a > filename has any form of whitespace?) construct?
If you're dealing with so many files that the bash "glob buffer" fills up, `ls *.bmp` can work around that. > Try googling for > "useless use of cat awards" for another redundant construct that > people love to use. > > for f in *.bmp ; do convert $f --to-jpeg ; done > > > But even better than the above is just: > mogrify -format jpg *.bmp > You can probably also (untested): > convert --to-jpeg *.bmp -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." Aldous Huxley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
