Batch convert images with ImageMagick
Batch convert image files with ImageMagick I recently had a number of SVG images that needed to be converted to PNG. There are a few applications that are capable of converting (Gimp, Photoshop, etc). However I wanted something simple that could batch convert them. Little did I know I already had it installed. The application is called ImageMagick.
mogrify -format png *.svg There are an incredible number of options available. Head on over to the ImageMagick site for more details.
Determine if your processor is 64bit capable
Determine if your processor is 64bit capable Grep the output of /proc/cpuinfo for the lm (long mode) flag.
grep lm /proc/cpuinfo flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm ida dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm ida dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority Long Mode (lm) description via Wikipedia: