convert only a few files via script

Software Siril
1

Hi everyone,

is it possible to convert a list of fit files from a directory like I can do from the gui? As far as I know, the “convert” command converts all the files of a directory, but I only want to convert a particular list.

Regards

2

if you want only the FITS files from a directory, use the link command instead of convert.

3

I saw that command, but it is not what I’m looking for. I want to convert a set of fits files, not all of them. Thanks for the reply anyway!

4

siril doesn’t have a command that does what you want, use a shell script to copy or link the files you want in a new directory and use siril from there

5

That is exactly what I’m doing. I just wanted to be sure that such command does not exist. Thanks for confirming!

6

Sure, simple bash file will do the job. If you call this one “convfits” and call it on the commandline followed by a list of files (dragged from a filemanager selection or typed):

#!/bin/bash
for i in "$@";do
    FILE_NO_EXT=${i%.*}
    convert -quality 98 $i $FILE_NO_EXT.jpg
done