Bash - batch export from svg to properly sized png file (squared web page icon in pixels: 48 72 96 144 192 256 384 512)

In this short article we are going to look at how quickly and in autmated way, export some svg file to png icon with Bash and Inkscape.

Note: check that you have installed Inkscape:

• https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.0/
• or apt-get install inkscape for Debian

Do following steps: 

1. Create export.sh file:

#!/bin/bash

icon="icon.svg"                                    # input icon

program="inkscape"                                 # for linux
#program="/C/Program Files/Inkscape/inkscape.exe"  # for windows x64

for i in 48 72 96 144 192 256 384 512;
do
        "${program}" -z -e "./icon-${i}x${i}.png" -w "${i}" -h "${i}" "${icon}";
done

2. Add permissions for script if it is necessary:

chmod +x export.sh

3. Run export.sh:

./export.sh

4. Result:
Y​​​​​ou should see in same directory png files.

Note: do not forget to use squared svg icon.