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batch resize images using find, xargs and convert

Posted 02-20-2011 at 04:30 PM by dr_agon

applies to: linux, find, xargs, convert, image processing

'convert' command, which is a part of ImageMagick package can be used for image resizing, but it lacks ability to process multiple files (in version of ImageMagick 6.5.7-8 2010-12-02). Instead of writing a shell script you can use find and xargs commands to collect filenames and invoke convert with one filename at a time, like this:

Code:
find -iname "*.jpg" -printf "%f\0" \
 | xargs -0 -I {} convert
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