Add merge_images

merge_images

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3.5
+# coding=utf-8
+
+
+"""
+merge_images
+
+Usage:  For usage instructions run with option --help
+Author: Stephan Porada <sporada@uni-bielefeld.de>
+
+"""
+
+import os
+import argparse
+
+
+def parse_arguments():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Merges given input images '
+                                                 'into one multipage tiff.')
+    parser.add_argument('-i', dest='input_dir', required=True)
+    parser.add_argument('-o', dest='output_dir', required=True)
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def merge_images(input_dir, output_dir):
+    os.system('mkdir {}'.format(output_dir))
+    os.system('ls -v {}/*.* >> file_list.txt'.format(input_dir))
+    os.system('convert @file_list.txt {}/combined.tiff'.format(output_dir))
+    os.system('cat "file_list.txt" | xargs rm')
+    os.system('rm file_list.txt')
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_arguments()
+    merge_images(args.input_dir, args.output_dir)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()