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by mattriley
2011-06-17T14:58:33-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: convert a subset of files in a directory
Replies: 5
Views: 10189

Re: convert a subset of files in a directory

OK, I think I got it (and yes, this is on a Mac so seq is not available). #!/bin/bash LIST="$(ls | awk '{nr++; if (nr % 15 == 0) print $0}' | sort -n -k1.23)" for i in "$LIST"; do convert $i -resize 1x480\! ~/Desktop/barcodes/barcode_%04d.jpg done The file skipping works by sending the list of files ...
by mattriley
2011-03-21T10:55:09-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: convert a subset of files in a directory
Replies: 5
Views: 10189

Re: convert a subset of files in a directory

OK. That makes sense. So, I need to dig into shell scripting, eh? I'll see if I can manage to fumble my way through. The script would need to do something like this: 1. Determine number of files in an image sequence in a given directory 2. If there are more than 720 files, divide the actual number ...
by mattriley
2011-03-18T12:06:32-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: convert a subset of files in a directory
Replies: 5
Views: 10189

convert a subset of files in a directory

Say I have a directory with a 1000 item image sequence. If I only want to have ImageMagick convert every other file, how can I do that? I'm using this command to convert all files in a directory, which works fine: convert /files/*.dpx -resize 50% small_%04d.jpg But I'd like to be able to specify how ...