Convert RGB to Grayscale in ImageMagick command-line

Question

How do I convert a RGB image (3 channels) to a grayscale one, using the (r+g+b)/3 method? I look through an examples page: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/color_mods/#grays

Answer 1

To batch convert images in Fish shell:

for file in *.jpg; convert -colorspace Gray $file $file; end;