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+import glob, os
+
+# change into the image directory
+os.chdir("image_batch")
+
+# process each png file
+for file in glob.glob("*.png"):
+    os.system('magick convert %s %s.jpg'%(file,os.path.splitext(file)[0]))
+    print(f'Successfully converted {file} to jpg')