#!/bin/bash
 
#number to start with
COUNT=1

# total number of original files
OTOTAL=99

# loop to call up the files to process. calls up files numbered from 000-999 in accending order
while [ $COUNT -le $OTOTAL ]; do

if [ $COUNT -le $OTOTAL ]; then
    VAR=`printf "%03d" $COUNT`

fi

#append the jpgs counting from 001-099 into 2x2 square jpeg with the numbers 001-099 
montage montage/container/$VAR.jpg montage/altona/$VAR.jpg montage/hans/$VAR.jpg montage/platte/$VAR.jpg -geometry +2+2 montage_$VAR.jpg

#add 1 to the number of the last runthrough
let COUNT=COUNT+1

done