Shell script for batch convertation of HEIC images to JPEGs

heic-to-jpg.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Batch convert provided heic photos to jpeg

hash heif-convert 2>/dev/null || { printf >&2 "heif-convert is required.\nTry installing it with: \nsudo apt install libheif-examples\n"; exit 1; }

if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
    echo >&2 "usage: heic-tojpg.sh <filename1.heic> <filename2.heic> ..."
    exit 1;
fi


for filename in "$@"
do
    heif-convert "$filename" "${filename%.*}.jpg"
done