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I am trying to combine some PNG images to make a GIF animation. To do this I have installed ImageMagic and am trying to execute the command: 

convert -delay 10 -loop 0 inputfiles*.png animaion.gif

I have a lot of image files that I am trying to combine so I don't really want to type them all out individually, is there anyway I can execute this command as some sort of loop, or alternatively a better method of creating an animation from these images?

I have written a program to output all the file names so I can just copy and paste them into the terminal, this works but if anyone knows a better way to do this it would be helpful.

Thanks

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  • I have written a program to output all the file names so i can just copy and paste them into the terminal, this works but if anyone knows a better way to do this it would be helpful.
    – WireInTheGhost
    Nov 22, 2013 at 18:29
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If I understand correctly, if you have mypgrogram that outputs the list of filenames, you should be able to simply do

convert -delay 10 -loop 0 $(myprogram) animation.gif

The $(...) operator is a bash shell operation that runs the indicated command and then replaces itself with the output (more or less... the shell is a quite powerful tool).

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