From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeremy Abbott <jkbullfrog@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: My first bash script.
Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 22:58:27 +0000
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Jeremy Abbott wrote:

> I wrote my first bash script the other day to automatically rip my CDs 
> to 128k mp3s.  I was wondering if anyone had any idea or suggestions 
> for the script to improve or streamline it.  Thanks in advance. Here 
> it is:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> #
> # The purpose of this script is to automatically rip CD's to wav format,
> # ask for artist name, and track titles and then encoding them into mp3's
> # with the following naming conventions:
> #
> # Track# - Artist - Track title.mp3
> # eg. 01 - Metallica - Blackened.mp3 or 02 - Metallica - ...And 
> Justice For All.mp3
>
>
> # make a temp directory, and copy tracks off of /dev/cdrom into temp 
> folder using
> # cdparanoia
>
> STARTING_DIR=`pwd`
>
> if [ -d $HOME/TEMPRIPPER ]; then
>    cd $HOME/TEMPRIPPER
> else
>    mkdir $HOME/TEMPRIPPER &
>    cd $HOME/TEMPRIPPER
> fi
>
> cdparanoia -B
>
> # Ask user for artist name, then titles for provided track number, 
> then encodes
> # the correct track number into an mp3 using the naming conventions 
> found in
> # the header.
>
> TRACKNUM=01
> clear
>
> echo -n "Who is the artist? "
> read ARTIST
>
> while [ -a track${TRACKNUM}.cdda.wav ]
> do
>    if [ -a $HOME/TEMPRIPPER/track${TRACKNUM}.cdda.wav ]; then
>        echo -n "What is the title of track $TRACKNUM? "
>        read TITLE              lame -h 
> $HOME/TEMPRIPPER/track${TRACKNUM}.cdda.wav $STARTING_DIR/"$TRACKNUM - 
> $ARTIST - $TITLE.mp3"
>        TRACKNUM=`expr $TRACKNUM + 1`
>        if test $TRACKNUM -lt "10"; then
>            case $TRACKNUM in
>                2) TRACKNUM=02;;
>                3) TRACKNUM=03;;
>                4) TRACKNUM=04;;
>                5) TRACKNUM=05;;
>                6) TRACKNUM=06;;
>                7) TRACKNUM=07;;
>                8) TRACKNUM=08;;
>                9) TRACKNUM=09;;
>            esac
>        fi
>    fi
> done
>
> cd $STARTING_DIR
> rm -rf $HOME/TEMPRIPPER
>
> exit 0
>
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One line was altered when I pasted it into Thunderbird. 

lame -h $HOME/TEMPRIPPER/track${TRACKNUM}.cdda.wav 
$STARTING_DIR/"$TRACKNUM - $ARTIST - $TITLE.mp3"

^ should have been on it own line.
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