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heiowge · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:58 am Post subject: Finding corrupted jpg files

I was told that I have one or two corrupt jpg files in a directory. I was told (in another place) that jpeginfo could find the problem using this code:

nelz · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:56 am Post subject:

Are the files names with .jpg or .JPG extensions? Using -iname instead of -name will find both.
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heiowge · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:02 pm Post subject:

Thanks. I'll try that and let you know. Very Happy

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heiowge · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:31 pm Post subject:

Thanks nelz. Found 2 corrupt files with .JPG extensions. Very Happy

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AMD PHENOM II X6, 14 GB DDR3, 500 GB hd, 1GB nVidia card, running Linux Mint 14 KDE / Win 7. Damn thing keeps breaking.

eeepc 1015PX, 1.66 Ghz Intel atom processor, 2 GB DDR3, 320 GB hd running Mint 14 MATE. Running great.