List image attributes from a folder of JPEG images

for file in *.jpg; do identify -format '%f %b %Q %w %h' $file; done

Runs the identify command (from ImageMagick) on each jpg file in the current directory and returns image details according to the format parameter. The example here returns: Filename FileSize Compression Width Height More information about the available format options can be found here: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/escape.php I usually redirect the output to a text file using "> listofdetails.txt" at the end. Spreadsheet magic can then be applied.

Sample Output

402670154.jpg 20095B 80 600 400
402670164.jpg 47173B 80 600 600
402670174.jpg 88055B 95 800 800
402680421.jpg 45769B 80 586 388
402680424.jpg 45769B 80 586 388
402680442.jpg 160137B 99 600 600

By: phattmatt

2012-11-16 10:06:35

file ImageMagick jpeg jpg

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for file in *.jpg; do identify -format '%f %b %Q %G' $file; done will also work

chrismccoy · 616 weeks and 3 days ago

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