how to get de-facto bits-per-pixel image property via identify

[AlexPUA]

The goal is to get value (file_size_in_bytes)/(image_height*image_width) in massive (Windows !) batch.
There are two problems (for me as a beginner):
- I found no -format option to get "always integer" filesize in bytes (%[size] give KB or MB values) to do math externally
- "obvios" calculations via fx:

identify -format "%[width] %[height] %[size] %[fx:b/(w*h)]" filename.jpg

gives uncorrect result because %b file size of image read in is not the file size but usage of %[size] impossible in fx:

[snibgo]

%b and %[size] are strings, not numbers. I don't think IM can give you the size in bytes.

[AlexPUA]

So, is there no solution inside IM at all ? Quite strange for such a powerful tool with all (trivial) data on the fingertips ...

[fmw42]

You can test for KB or MB in the returned value and then multiply by 1000 or 1000000 and change KB or MB to B.

[snibgo]

IM quite often doesn't provide facilities that are available elsewhere. IM is an image processor, not a file processor, so we often need to use script facilities to do what we want.

For example, in Windows CMD:

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for %F in (x*.jpg) do %IM%convert %F -format "%[fx:%~zF/w/h]" info:

[fmw42]

What is your version of IM? On my 6.9.9.22 and 7.0.7.10 Q16 Mac OSX, I get B (bytes)

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convert barns_grand_tetons.jpg -format "%b\n" info:

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identify -format "%b\n" barns_grand_tetons.jpg

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identify -format "%[size]\n" barns_grans.jpg 

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It has been this way since IM 6.9.8.4

[AlexPUA]

This code really works @ ImageMagick-7.0.3-Q16 and ImageMagick-7.0.7-Q16 (Windows-64)

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for %%F in (*.jpg) do magick convert "%%F" -format """%%f"" %%[fx:%%~zF/w/h]\n" info: >> files_info.txt

[fmw42]

magick identify may be slightly faster than magick. You do not want to use magick convert. That points back to the IM 6 versions of convert. Just replace convert with magick. The other tools need to be prefaced with magick in IM 7

[fmw42]

Note that you can use -precision to control whether you get B or KB or MB, but it round off the fractional part

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identify -format "%b\n" barns_grand_tetons.jpg

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convert -precision 3 barns_grand_tetons.jpg -format "%b\n" info:

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