Batch Resize Pictures Using Linux Convert Utility

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Brian Gallimore

A quick and simple way to resize a folder full of pictures is to issue the following command on a Linux computer:

$ for file in *.jpg; do convert $file -resize 25% rz-$file; done
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2 Responses to Batch Resize Pictures Using Linux Convert Utility

  1. Brian Gallimore says:
    April 7, 2022 at 12:49 pm

    convert to BMP images: convert “$1” -type truecolor “$1.bmp”

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  2. Brian Gallimore says:
    April 10, 2022 at 10:38 pm

    for file in *.png; do convert $file -type truecolor “${file%.*}.bmp”; done

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