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title: "Bash vs Python"
description: "A simple case study: It’s not about one programming language killing and replacing the other, its all about the purpose!."
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# Bash vs Python

> A simple case study: It’s not about one programming language killing and replacing the other, its all about the purpose!.

**A simple case study:** It's not about one programming language killing and replacing the other, its all about the purpose!

_The scenario:_ Using _convert_ to resize images, both in bash and python just for the fun of it.

**First up is BASH:** `**
    
    
    mkdir -p resized
    find. -name '_.jpg'_ -or -name '.png' -or -name '*.gif'</span>
    -exec  convert -resize 648x480 '{}'</span>
    "resized/$(basename '{}')" ';'
    

**`

**Its Pythons turn:**
    
    
    from glob import glob
    from os.path import splitext
    from os import system
    if not path.exists('resized'):
    mkdir('resized')
    for pic in glob.glob('*'):
    if os.path.splitext(pic)[1] in ext:
    system('convert -resize 640x480 "%s" "resized/%s"'
    % (pic,os.path.splitext(pic)[0]))