Excerpts from Alex Samad's message of Mon Apr 14 07:13:12 +1000 2008:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 02:24:50AM +1000, elliott-brennan wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> [snip]
> >
> > $ for i in `seq 1 999`;do j=`printf %04d $i`; composite -compose atop
> > bubbles.png 0*.png image$j.png; done
> >
> > but I get the following error:
> >
> > bash: syntax error near unexpected token `do'
>
> works here
> for i in `seq 1 999`;do echo j=`printf %04d $i`; echo composite -compose
> atop bubbles.png 0*.png image$j.png; done | head
> j=0001
> composite -compose atop bubbles.png 0*.png image0067.png
> j=0002
> composite -compos
or:
seq 1 999 | xargs -n1 -i composite -compose atop bubbles.png 0*.png
image$(printf '%04d' {}).png
The -t option to xargs will give you a verbose option
rgh
> >
> > I know I'm complete crap at this stuff...but...well, I'm complete crap.
> > Just trying to work it out really :))
> >
> > Any assistance would be most appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Patrick
> >
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