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Here are some simple unix/linux scripts for creating your own image database. You can get unix tools for windows machines from a number of sources. A search of the database on a 3 GHz GHz I7 PC takes fraction of a second. For example, in 2016, my command "findimage family" returns 61,263 images in 0.17 second searching over 58,2464 images. Example: "findimage alaska eagle" finds 800 entries, whereas "findimage eagle" finds 1562 images.

Here are the scripts:

creates database:

Script for windows machines with linux tools, disks c: d: e:

#!/bin/sh
f=disk.listing.01.08.2006.txt
find c: d: e: -exec ls -ld {} \; > $f
o=imagedatabase.01.08.2006.txt
date > $o
for i in .gif .jpg .tif .psd .crw .cr2
do
        grep -i ${i}\$ $f >> $o
done

Script for linux/unix machines, disks (or directories): /a1 /a2 /photos

#!/bin/sh
f=disk.listing.01.08.2006.txt
find /a1 /a2 /photos  -exec ls -ld {} \; > $f
o=imagedatabase.01.08.2006.txt
date > $o
for i in .gif .jpg .tif .psd .crw .cr2
do
        grep -i ${i}\$ $f >> $o
done

Query the database (put script in file called findimage):

Script for windows machines with linux tools,

#!/bin/sh
f=C:/imagedatabase/imagedatabase.01.08.2006.txt
grep -i ${1-.} $f | grep -i ${2:-.} | grep -i ${3:-.}

Script for linux/unix machines:

#!/bin/sh
f=/imagedatabase/imagedatabase.01.08.2006.txt   # full path to the database
grep -i ${1-.} $f | grep -i ${2:-.} | grep -i ${3:-.}

The 3 greps allow three search words (you can obviously extend this as much as you want).

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First Published January 2005.
Last updated November 04, 2016