Yah well if you use abcde on linux, it will name the files with whatever format you wish and place them in a directory hierarchy of your choosing. It is fabulous what you can make it do. I even went and changed the default formats to include spaces - shame on me:). On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 10:35:22AM -0700, Sean McMahon wrote: > I thaught you could reconfig the cddb service or the idv3tag format to show > title artist not just song number. This won'd help you with stuff you have > but might with new songs if possible > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Holmes" <steve at holmesgrown.com> > To: "Speakup Mailing-list" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 9:55 AM > Subject: Re: mass-renamer tool > > > > I'm sorry I don't have access to my other machine which has a perl > > script that does some global renaming. But for starters, the for > > construct is your friend. In either bash or perl, do a for loop and > > have it pass over each file in the given directory and do regexp and > > whatever else substitutions in for the new name and then do the new > > name My version takes out underscores and puts spaces back in for use > > with my windows environments. Now that I'm doing more and more in > > linux however, I almost regret that standard and may go back the other > > way and leave them in. But I'm trying to keep all my archived CD's > > containing mp3's consistantly named. > > > > Let me know if you need more. When I get home tonight, I'll try and > > pass along what I have though it could use some more juce to make it > > better and more flexible. > > > > On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 09:05:07AM -0600, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Hi gang. Anyone got any scripts or know of where I can find some tools > > > to do some mass-renaming? For example, I have lots of audio files which > > > are named: > > > > > > 12-song-title.ogg > > > > > > And I'd like to mass rename them to: > > > > > > Artist_-_songtitle.ogg > > > > > > Or something to that affect. I've triewd writing my own script but keep > > > running into problems with the spaces in the files because wsith the mv > > > command they need to be escaped. It's not as easy as poutting '' around > > > them. > > > > > > Any ideas or suggestions? > > > > > > - -- > > > Raul a. Gallegos - http://www.asmodean.net > > > Do you like 80's music? Do you want to spend some time on Saturdays > listening? > > > Visit http://www.chosen80s.com for all the details. > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iD8DBQFAHmcjas0vKmIuNMcRArloAJ9KJIjsYrQkBYiat+s6/yUyGz3OeACgkdeu > > > BptIQjsXQ4nWaFwG9bcOKWk= > > > =c1Sg > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > -- > > HolmesGrown Solutions > > The best solutions for the best price! > > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown
