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Inkscape - batch export / convert svg graphics to png from bash console

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Using Inkscape and Bash on Microsoft Windows it is possible to export many *.svg graphics to *.png in the following way.

Note: in the below scripts we use inkscape command described in this article.

Note: to know how to install Bash under Windows go to this article.

1. 1x1 size radio export script example

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export-1x1.sh file:

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#!/bin/bash
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program="/C/Program Files/Inkscape/bin/inkscape.exe"
# program="/C/Program Files/Inkscape/inkscape.exe"
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target="png-$1"
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mkdir "${target}"
​
for i in *.svg
do
    "${program}" --export-type="png" --export-filename="${target}/${i}.png" -w $1 -h $1 "${i}"
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    # "${program}" -z -e "${target}/${i}.png" -w $1 -h $1 "${i}"
done

Notes:

export-1x1.sh file should be placed in the *.svg graphics directory,
program variable should be updated with actual inkscape.exe path.

Running:

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./export-1x1.sh 40

Note: 40 means the size of output graphics will be 40x40 px.

2. Export script to custom size example

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export.sh file:

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#!/bin/bash
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# program="/C/Program Files/Inkscape/inkscape.exe"
program="/C/Program Files/Inkscape/bin/inkscape.exe"
​
target="png-${1}x${2}"
​
mkdir "${target}"
​
for i in *.svg
do
    "${program}" --export-type="png" --export-filename="${target}/${i}.png" -w "$1" -h "$2" "${i}"
​
    # "${program}" -z -e "${target}/${i}.png" -w "$1" -h "$2" "${i}"
done