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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting a little help with find and directory path for application Post 302582534 by barrydocks on Friday 16th of December 2011 09:31:33 AM
Old 12-16-2011
Thanks for your replies. I am running this command from the ~/mp3 directory
ludwig: I thought your second suggestion might solve the problem but instead of not finding the cover.jpg file I am now getting the track.mp3 file not found:
Code:
/media/ExtHDD/mp3 $ find -type f -name "*.mp3" -exec eyeD3 --add-image=cover.jpg:FRONT_COVER \'{}\' \;
File Not Found: './a-ha/Headline and Deadlines - The Hits of a-ha/Cry Wolf.mp3'
File Not Found: './a-ha/Headline and Deadlines - The Hits of a-ha/Crying in the Rain.mp3'
File Not Found: './a-ha/Headline and Deadlines - The Hits of a-ha/Early Morning.mp3'
blah, blah ......

I think the problem is the leading ./ How do I get rid of that?


For the xargs line I get:
Code:
/media/ExtHDD/mp3 $ find -type f -name "*.mp3" --print0 | xargs -0 -n 1 eyeD3 --add-image=cover.jpg:FRONT_COVER
find: unknown predicate `--print0'

Usage
=====
  eyeD3 [OPTS] file [file...]

eyeD3: error: File/directory argument(s) required

 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

mp3cut

MP3CUT(1)							   User Command 							 MP3CUT(1)

NAME

       mp3cut - cut and assemble MP3 files

SYNOPSIS

       mp3cut  [ -o outputfile ] [ -T title ] [ -A artist ] [ -N album-name ] [ -t [hh:]mm:ss[+ms]-[hh:]mm:ss[+ms] ] mp3file [[ -t ...	] mp3file1
       ...]

DESCRIPTION

       The mp3cut utility cuts and assembles MP3 files according to the time specifications given on the command line. The mp3 output  is  written
       to  the	outputfile.  If  no outputfile is given on the command-line, the name for the outputfile is created from the name of the first mp3
       file by adding output.mp3 at the end. The -t flag specifies which part of the mp3 file following it will be extracted.

OPTIONS

       -o outputfile
	      Specify where the output is to be written.

       -T title
	      Specify the title ID3 tag for the output file.

       -A artist
	      Specify the artist ID3 tag for the output file.

       -N album-name
	      Specify the album name ID3 tag for the output file.

       -t [hh:]mm:ss[+ms]-[hh:]mm:ss[+ms]
	      Specify which part of the following mp3file will be included in the output file.

		    hh	= hours
		    mm	= minutes
		    ss	= seconds
		    ms	= milliseconds

	      If the starting time is omitted, 00:00:00+00 is used as starting time. If the ending time is omitted, the end of	the  MP3  file	is
	      used as ending time.

EXAMPLES

       mp3cut -o output.mp3 -t 23:42+500-01:23:42+750 input.mp3
	      Cut  the	segment  from  23  minutes,  42  seconds  and 500 milliseconds to 1 hour, 23 minutes, 42 seconds and 750 milliseconds from
	      input.mp3 and write the output to output.mp3.

       mp3cut -t 00:01-00:02 input1.mp3 -t -15:23 input2.mp3 -t 9:87+500- input3.mp3
	      Append the segments from input1.mp3, input2.mp3 and input3.mp3 and write the output to input1.output.mp3.

AUTHORS

       Manuel Odendahl <manuel@bl0rg.net>, Florian Wesch <dividuum@bl0rg.net>

								   February 2005							 MP3CUT(1)
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