covert_files_to_svg.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Author: [Newton-Nganga]
# Date: [08.02.2025]
# Description: Converts images to SVG using ImageMagick and Potrace

## prerequisites
# 1. Be on linux and place the file at the root of your imaages dir
# 2. install imagemagick and potrace
# 3. make the file executable
# 4. run it and enjoy


# Function to convert images to SVG
convert_to_svg() {
    local file="$1"
    local dir
    local base_name
    local extension
    local new_file

    # Get the directory, base name, and extension of the file
    dir=$(dirname "$file")
    base_name=$(basename "$file")
    extension="${base_name##*.}"
    base_name="${base_name%.*}"

    # Define the new file name with .svg extension
    new_file="${dir}/${base_name}.svg"

    # Convert the image to SVG
    convert "$file" "$new_file"

    echo "Converted: $file -> $new_file"
}

# Export the function so it can be used by find
export -f convert_to_svg

# Find all image files (excluding .svg) and convert them
find . -type f \( -iname "*.jpg" -o -iname "*.jpeg" -o -iname "*.png" -o -iname "*.gif" -o -iname "*.bmp" -o -iname "*.tiff" \) \
    -exec bash -c 'convert_to_svg "$0"' {} \;

echo "Conversion complete!"