convert large number of graphics

[Steven Knight]

On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 16:22, Charles Farinella wrote:
> I have to convert over 200 .bmp files to .jpg.  Is there a tool I can run 
> from a command line to do this?  I looked at the documentation for both xv 
> and display, but found nothing.  Suggestions?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> --charlie

Hi,

The tool you want is convert.  man convert for more info but the basic
usage of this tool is :

$ convert filename.bmp filename.jpg.

You should read the man page for any issues on converting .bmp to .jpb
files.

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