I was bored so I decided to write a script to modify my mp3 folder and file names. Anyone who has multiple albums converted to mp3 knows what a pain in the arse it can be to modify a single file at a time. If you are a Microsoft Windows user...sorry kiddies...this will take a bit of modification for it to work for you. But, it works very nicely on a *nix platform. Don't forget to chmod +x

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#!/bin/bash
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Title: mp3con
# POC: Glenn Harrison
# Date Created: 11/18/2005
# Purpose: MP3 Folder and File name cleansing
# Called By: $USER
# Dependencies: awk, sed
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
mp3()
{
echo Removing non-compliant files.
rm *.db
rm *.m3u #This line can be removed. I don't use the m3u file.
rm *.jpg
for song in *
do
{
#
# Convert song from <Band> - <Track Num.> - <Song>
# To <Compliant Track Num.> - <Song>
#
newSong=`ls "$song"|awk -F '-' '{print $2"-"$3}'|sed 's/ //'`
mod_song=0$newSong
echo Renaming "$song" to "$mod_song"
cp "$song" "$PWD"/"$mod_song"
{
if [ -e "$mod_song"]
then
{
if [ "$song" != "$mod_song" ]
then rm "$song"
else echo FILE NAME CONVERSION FAILED!!!
fi
}
else echo FILE NAME CONVERSION FAILED!!!
fi
}
}
done
cd ..
}

directory()
{
for folder in *
do
{
#
# Convert folder from <Band> - <Year> - <Album>
# To <Band> - <Album>
#
newDir=`echo "$folder"|awk -F '-' '{print $1"-"$3}'`
echo $newDir
cp -R "$folder" "$PWD"/"$newDir"
{
if [ -d "$newDir" ]
then
{
if [ "$folder" != "$newDir" ]
then rm -R "$folder"
else echo FOLDER NAME CONVERSION FAILED!!!
fi
}
else echo FOLDER NAME CONVERSION FAILED!!!
fi
}
cd "$newDir"
mp3
}
done
}

pathDirectory()
{
tempDir=$PWD
cd "$mp3Path"
directory
cd "$tempDir"
}

location()
{
echo "Select from the following options:"
echo "1. Modify MP3 file(s) in currrent directory."
echo "2. Modify Folder(s) and its contents in current directory."
echo "3. Specify path to MP3 directory and modify its contents."

read selection

if [ "$selection" = 1 ]
then mp3
elif [ "$selection" = 2 ]
then directory
elif [ "$selection" = 3 ]
then echo "Specify full path to MP3 folder."
read mp3Path
pathDirectory
else echo "Invalid selection. Try again."; location
fi
}

location

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