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I believe the wildcard should be safe for functions which are internal to the shell, but I'd welcome any additional insight into this. My own understanding (relatively recently revised) is that the ARG_MAX limit only applies when there is an exec() involved, but of course, different shells might cope differently with internal wildcard handling, too, and have similar limits for that. But anyway, maybe this should go in a separate thread.
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lltag_config(5) File Formats Manual lltag_config(5)
NAME
config - Configuration file for lltag
DESCRIPTION
The following options may be stored in /etc/lltag/config or the user's $HOME/.lltag/config, or in any file passed with --config.
Such a configuration file may also be generated with --gencfg.
Obtaining tags
format = "string"
Add a user-defined format [-R]. Might be used multiple times. Default is to guess if no user-defined formats and no default field
values are given.
guess = <0/1>
Try to guess if user-defined formats do not match [-G]. Default is 0 (disabled) when no user-defined formats and no explicit values
are given.
tag = <TAG=value>
Add an explicit tag [--tag]. Might be used multiple times.
Tweaking filename parsing
no_path = <0/1>
Do not use file path when matching filename [-p]. Default is 0 (disabled).
spaces = <0/1>
Allow no or multiple spaces [--spaces]. Default is 0 (disabled).
Cleaning obtained tags
edit = <0/1>
Edit tags immediately [--edit]. Default is 0 (disabled).
maj = <0/1>
Upcase first letters of words in tags [--maj]. Default is 0 (disabled).
regexp = "s/from/to/"
Replace from with to in all tags. title,number:s/from/to/ replaces in title and number tags only. Might be used multiple times
[--regexp]. Default is to not apply any regexp.
sep = "string"
Replace |-separated strings with space in tags. Default is to not replace any separator.
Configuration of tag application
type = <mp3|ogg|flac|none>
Force mp3, ogg of flac instead of by-extension detection [--mp3, --ogg and --flac]. Default is none.
clear_tags = <0/1>
Clear all tags of audio files. [--clear]. Default is 0 (disabled).
append_tags = <0/1>
Append tags only instead of replacing old ones. [--append]. Default is 0 (disabled).
no_tagging = <0/1>
Do not actually tag files [--no-tagging]. Default is 0 (disabled).
preserve_time = <0/1>
Preserve file modification time during tagging [--preserve-time]. Default is 0 (disabled).
Renaming
rename_format = "string"
Rename file according to format [--rename]. Default is to not rename.
rename_min = <0/1>
Lowcase tags before renaming [--rename-min]. Default is 0 (disabled).
rename_regexp = "s/from/to/"
Replace from with to in all tags before renaming. title,number:s/from/to/ replaces in title and number tags only. Might be used
multiple times [--rename-regexp]. Default is to not apply any regexp.
rename_sep = "string"
Replace spaces with a string in tags before renaming [--rename-sep]. Default is to not replace any separator.
rename_slash = "string"
Replace slashes with a string in tags before renaming [--rename-slash]. Default is to replace with a dash.
rename_ext = <0/1>
Assume the rename format provides an extension [--rename-ext]. Default is 0 (disabled).
Miscellaneous
dry_run = <0/1>
Do nothing but show what would have been done [--dry-run]. Default is 0 (disabled).
yes = <0/1>
Tag without asking for confirmation when guessing and rename without asking for confirmation [--yes]. Default is 0 (disabled).
ask = <0/1>
Always ask for confirmation before tagging [--ask]. Default is 0 (disabled).
recursive = <0/1>
Recursively traverse all given subdirectories [-R]. Default is 0 (disabled).
verbose = <integer>
Message verbosity level [-v and -q]. Default is 0 (only important messages). Other possible values are 1 (show usage information
when a menu is displayed for the first time) and 2 (always show usage information before a menu appears).
CDDB configuration
cddb_server_name = hostname
Change the CDDB server name. Default is www.freedb.org.
cddb_server_port = <port>
Change the CDDB server port. Default is 80 (HTTP).
SEE ALSO
lltag(1)
The config template file provided within the documentation directory.
AUTHOR
Brice Goglin
NOVEMBER 2006 lltag_config(5)