script for batch resizing images using imagemagick

resize.py

source_path = "/media01/me/flickr/"
dest_path = "./converted"

import os
from pipes import quote
file_list = os.listdir(source_path)
for f in file_list:
    source_file = os.path.join(source_path, f)
    dest_file = os.path.join( dest_path, f )
    #imagemagick resize & scaling options: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/resize/
    command = "convert %s -resize 1000x1000 %s" % ( quote(source_file), quote(dest_file) )
    try:
        print command
        os.system( command )
    except (e):
        print str(e)