JPEG filter script?

What kind of scripting language would be best to process JPEG images? I have a collection of thousands of images, some named identically with similar images (just the same pictures resized) and some images that are identical but not named the same, all in various directories. I want to get rid of any duplicates (as well smaller sized versions...I'm willing to deal with just resized versions named identically) to save drive space, but I want to be sure to save those that are not corrupted and have the highest resolution.

I _do_ have a CSV (comma-seperated value; usually used as a common spreadsheet format) file that has what I'm guessing are the original filenames, a checksum (maybe), the original filesizes and directory structure. However, I wouldn't know how to process it. I would like to use Java, but Java is a bit inflexible (and overkill I think) when it comes to file system access, moving files from one place to another.

I think Ant scripts might be in the right direction, but they lack clear flow control (thanks heap XML). I'm open to considering other scripting languages that may be better for this. Any ideas?

perl.
on a sidenote, there are apps which do just that. use teh google.

using a csv? what particular terms should I search for? usually I get a lot of apps that GENERATE a csv, but not ones that use for automatic organization. If you have a suggestion for an app, preferably one that has some customization features, I'm all ears.

using a csv?
filtering duplicates from your image collection. i know no actual app which does that, but i can stab in the dark: imagemagick -> "compare", http://www.imagemagick.org/script/compare.php

use perl.. and parse them mo'fockas OUT!

found a program called Hunter which does the job pretty easily, but it took a while to find it...

bampu pantsu

Java? Ant? Are you fucking stoned?

Use bash with imagemagick. /thread

Also, lol @ googling how to parse a csv with perl. split is your friend!

>>8
This may surprise you, but CSV is slightly more complex than just ``^split''.

Only _slightly, though. Fields may contain ,, ^newlines or escaped quotes.

SCALABLE ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS REQUIRE PROPRIETARY XML EXTENSIONS

>>8
Also, lol @ googling how to parse a csv with perl. split is your friend!
Every time someone tries parsing csv with split, god kills a perl programmer.

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