How to join images from the command line

To join images from the command line we can use the convert command, convert is included in Image Magick, a suite for bitmap images manipulation

Start from these images

To put it next to each other let’s run

$ convert +append baby_gnu.png baby_tux.png baby_gnu_baby_tux.png

Looks like:

To put it on top of each other let’s run

$ convert -append baby_gnu.png baby_tux.png baby_gnu_baby_tux.png

Looks like:

further readings

• – man convert
• Sitio oficial del proyecto Image Magick