From f3ff3f808f9bd4944bf8dc23e8c46ce3a945d2f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anita Patel <apatel@C02Y30CAJK7L.local>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:43:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ruby script to convert png images to jpg

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 shell.rb | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 shell.rb

diff --git a/shell.rb b/shell.rb
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index 0000000..595884b
--- /dev/null
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+# array for base filenames
+base_names = []
+
+# change into image directory
+Dir.chdir("image_batch")
+
+# collect all base filenames
+Dir["*.png"].map{|file| base_names << file.split('.').first}
+
+# using system call
+# 'magick' here is a version 7+ option, previous versions would be just 'convert'
+base_names.map {|file| system("magick convert #{file}.png #{file}.jpg")}
+
+# option: using mini_magick
+#base_names.each do |file|
+  #image = MiniMagick::Image.open("#{file}")
+  #image.format "jpg"
+  #image.write("#{file.split('.').first}.jpg")
+#end
+
+# list all of the files in the image directory
+Dir["*"].map{|file| puts file}