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gnupod_search

GNUPOD_SEARCH(1)						   User Commands						  GNUPOD_SEARCH(1)

NAME

       gnupod_search - search and remove files

SYNOPSIS

       gnupod_search [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

       Search and Remove files

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       -m, --mount=DIRECTORY
	      iPod mountpoint. Default is $IPOD_MOUNTPOINT

       -t, --title=STRING
	      search songs by Title

       -a, --artist=STRING
	      search songs by Artist

       -l, --album=STRING
	      search songs by Album

       -i, --id=INT
	      search songs by ID

       -g, --genre=STRING
	      search songs by Genre

       -c, --playcount=COUNT
	      search songs by Playcount

       -s, --rating=STARS
	      search songs by Rating (1 star = 20, 2 stars = 40 ...)

       -R, --podcastrss=RSS
	      search songs by podcast-rss

       -U, --podcastguid=GUID
	      search songs by podcast-guid

       -b, --bitrate=BITRATE
	      search songs by Bitrate

       -o, --match-once
	      Search does not need to match multiple times (like ($a || $b || $c))

       --delete
	      Remove (!) matched songs from the iPod

       --view=ialt
	      Modify output, default is 'ialt'

	      t = title    a = artist	r = rating	p = path

	      l = album    g = genre	c = playcount	i = id

       --rename="KEY=VALUE"
	      Rename KEY into VALUE for matched songs.

	      Example: Rename the Artist 'Jon Doe' into 'John Doe'

	      gnupod_search --artist="Jon Doe" --rename="artist=John Doe"

AUTHOR

       Written by Adrian Ulrich

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-gnupod@nongnu.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) Adrian Ulrich
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for gnupod is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info program and GNUpod are properly installed at  your  site,
       the command

	      info gnupod

       should give you access to the complete manual.

gnupod_search 1.00						     June 2005							  GNUPOD_SEARCH(1)