07-26-2008
How to search file content
Hi folks,
What will be an easy and effective way searching file content? E.G I need to find a WORD or a PHRASE on a file? TIA
B.R.
satimis
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id3tool
ID3TOOL(1) General Commands Manual ID3TOOL(1)
NAME
id3tool - a command line editor for id3 tags.
SYNOPSIS
id3tool [options] files ...
DESCRIPTION
This manual page is for the id3tool command.
id3tool is a program that can be used to view and edit id3 tags from the command line.
When invoked from the command line with filenames and no options, it will display the used fields of the id3 tags.
When invoked from the command line with filenames and "set" options, it will change the id3 tag fields specified to the specified values on
all the files.
Due to limitations in the ID3v1 specification, most fields are limited to 30 characters.
The note field is limited to 28 characters if a track number is in use.
You can force a tag to be v1.1 by using a specifying a non-zero track number, or force a tag to be v1.0 by specifying a track number of
zero (0).
OPTIONS
The programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A complete list of options are
included below. For a complete description, use the help option.
-t, --set-title=WORD
Sets the title to WORD
-a, --set-album=WORD
Sets the album to WORD
-r, --set-artist=WORD
Sets the artist to WORD
-y, --set-year=YEAR
Sets the year to YEAR [4 digits]
-n, --set-note=WORD
Sets the note to WORD
-g, --set-genre=INT
Sets the genre code to INT (the codes can be acquired from the genre list.)
-G, --set-genre-word=WORD
Sets the genre to WORD (given that WORD is from the genre list.)
-c, --set-track=INT
Sets the track to INT
-h, --help
Show summary of options.
-v, --version
Show version of program.
-l, --genre-list
Shows the genre list.
AUTHOR
id3tool and this manual page were written by Chris Collins <xfire@xware.cx>
ID3TOOL(1)