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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to find untagged audio files? Post 302482138 by radoulov on Monday 20th of December 2010 05:26:11 PM
Old 12-20-2010
This should do it (I hope I got the braces right Smilie):
Code:
find -iname '*.mp3' -exec id3 -Rl {} + |
  awk -F: '/filename: / {
    if (f) print fn
    fn = $2; f = x
    }
    /^(((title|a(rtist|lbum)): *(|unknown|track.*))|track:) *$/ {
      f++
      }
    END {  
      if (f) print fn
      }' IGNORECASE=1

Could you post an example output from metaflac at least for two files: one to be printed and another one to be skipped?

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Given your metaflac example above, the filename seems to be missing in the output, this means that we should process the files one by one, in order to get the name ...
 

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HEAD(1) 								FSF								   HEAD(1)

NAME
head - output the first part of files SYNOPSIS
head [OPTION]... [FILE]... DESCRIPTION
Print first 10 lines of each FILE to standard output. With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -c, --bytes=SIZE print first SIZE bytes -n, --lines=NUMBER print first NUMBER lines instead of first 10 -q, --quiet, --silent never print headers giving file names -v, --verbose always print headers giving file names --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit SIZE may have a multiplier suffix: b for 512, k for 1K, m for 1 Meg. AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie. REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 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 head is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and head programs are properly installed at your site, the command info head should give you access to the complete manual. head (coreutils) 4.5.3 February 2003 HEAD(1)
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