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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Renaming a Number of Files Post 302204801 by fnard on Thursday 12th of June 2008 02:00:32 PM
Old 06-12-2008
Renaming a Number of Files
I want to rename my mp3s. Iw ant them to use a standard of 'Band Name - Song Title.mp3'. Currently, all of my mp3s are in the following directory structure:

/MyMusic/Band Name/Album Name/*.mp3


Esentailly I want to update each file with the Band Name from the hierarchy and then move all files to the /MyMusic dir. Also, I want to delete the Band Name and Album Name dirs after all files have been moved out.

Thanks in advance!
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

dr_unsort

dr_symlinks(1)							  USER COMMANDS 						    dr_symlinks(1)

  NAME
      dr_unsort - unsort the current mpd playlist

  SYNOPSIS
      dr_unsort

  DESCRIPTION
      dr_unsort invokes unsort(1) on the current audio playlist as used by mpd.  Use it if you'd like some variation in your music.

  EXAMPLE
      If The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/03-Glass_Onion.ogg is the current playing track and your current playlist looks like

	Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/01 Brainfeeder.mp3
	The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/01-Back_in_the_U.S.S.R..ogg
	The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/02-Dear_Prudence.ogg
      > The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/03-Glass_Onion.ogg
	The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/04-Ob-La-Di,_Ob-La-Da.ogg
	The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/05-Wild_Honey_Pie.ogg
	The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/06-The_Continuing_Story_of_Bungalow_Bill.ogg
	The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/07-While_My_Guitar_Gently_Weeps.ogg
	Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/02 Breathe . Something_Stellar STar.mp3
	Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/03 Beginners Falafel.mp3
	Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/04 Camel.mp3
	Napalm_Death/The_Peel_Sessions/01-The_Kill-Prison_Without_Walls-Dead_Part_1.mp3
	Napalm_Death/The_Peel_Sessions/02-Deceiver-Lucid_Fairytale-In_Extremis.mp3
	Napalm_Death/The_Peel_Sessions/03-Blind_To_The_Truth-Negative_Approach-Common_Enemy.mp3
	Napalm_Death/The_Peel_Sessions/04-Obstinate_Direction-Life-You_Suffer_Pt_2.mp3
	Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/05 Melt!.mp3
	Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/06 Comet Course.mp3
	Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/07 Orbit 405.mp3
	Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/08 Golden Diva.mp3

      invoking dr_unsort will yield something like e.g.

	Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/01 Brainfeeder.mp3
	The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/01-Back_in_the_U.S.S.R..ogg
	The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/02-Dear_Prudence.ogg
      > The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/03-Glass_Onion.ogg
	Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/02 Breathe . Something_Stellar STar.mp3
	The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/04-Ob-La-Di,_Ob-La-Da.ogg
	Napalm_Death/The_Peel_Sessions/01-The_Kill-Prison_Without_Walls-Dead_Part_1.mp3
	Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/03 Beginners Falafel.mp3
	The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/05-Wild_Honey_Pie.ogg
	Napalm_Death/The_Peel_Sessions/02-Deceiver-Lucid_Fairytale-In_Extremis.mp3
	Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/04 Camel.mp3
	The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/06-The_Continuing_Story_of_Bungalow_Bill.ogg
	Napalm_Death/The_Peel_Sessions/03-Blind_To_The_Truth-Negative_Approach-Common_Enemy.mp3
	Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/05 Melt!.mp3
	The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/07-While_My_Guitar_Gently_Weeps.ogg
	Napalm_Death/The_Peel_Sessions/04-Obstinate_Direction-Life-You_Suffer_Pt_2.mp3
	Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/06 Comet Course.mp3
	Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/07 Orbit 405.mp3
	Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/08 Golden Diva.mp3

  WARNING
      Due to limitations in the mpc/mpd protocol, dr_unsort needs filesystem level write access to mpd's playlist directory.

  ENVIRONMENT
      dr_unsort honors strings DR_PLAYLISTS (mpd's playlist directory) and DR_UNSORT (unsort pathname).

  SEE ALSO
      unsort(1), available from http://packages.debian.org/unsort.

  COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
      This manpage is copyright 2010, 2011 Joost van Baal <joostvb-draai@mdcc.cx>.

      Draai is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, as published by the Free
      Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed	WITHOUT  ANY  WAR-
      RANTY. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with draai. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

  AUTHOR
      Joost van Baal <joostvb-draai@mdcc.cx>

  dr_symlinks 20110603						     03 juin 2011						      dr_symlinks(1)
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