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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers find & remove characters in filenames Post 302583704 by barrydocks on Wednesday 21st of December 2011 04:46:00 AM
Old 12-21-2011
Thanks radoulov! Will have a go tonight!

Quote:
Originally Posted by radoulov
The code above will not overwrite existing files
So does that mean I will be left with 2 files, ie track feat.artist.mp3 and track feat artist.mp3? If so can I just add this to the bottom:
Code:
find . -type f -name '*.*.mp3' -exec rm {}

?


Quote:
Originally Posted by ryan
@barrydocks: Why do you want to remove dots from filenames? Since when do dots cause trouble on any os? I'm just curious..
I use an old version of flac2mp3 to convert my flac audio files to mp3, the version I use has been patched to also embed the cover art jpg into the mp3 it creates, the only problem is that it is a bit flakey with filenames that have dots and other unusual characters. The other problem is that I didn't realise this when ripping my CDs to flac and I don't fancy doing it again, hence my questions on how to remove them.

Last edited by barrydocks; 12-21-2011 at 06:16 AM.. Reason: typo
 

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PYTAGS(1)							  [FIXME: manual]							 PYTAGS(1)

NAME
pytags - set and remove tags on media files from filename and options SYNOPSIS
pytags [OPTIONS] file [file...] DESCRIPTION
pytags is a simple, general-purpose tool for setting and removing media file tags. With no options, pytags prints a tag summary for all files specified on the command line. Options can be used to set and remove tags on files. Using --format, it is easy to change or create tags on by parsing metadata from filenames according to an arbitrary format string. This makes it simple to tag files that are consistently named. Additionally, tags can be manipulated directly with the --add, --set, and --remove options. These options are processed in order, so options specified later on the command-line may cause values set by earlier options to be overwritten. These options must appear after the --format, if it is used. OPTIONS
--add=EXPR Append a tag value all files according to EXPR. EXPR should be an expression like "artist=Foo". May be specified multiple times to add multiple values. --format=FORMAT Tag files with metadata extrapolated from filenames using format string FORMAT; see the section called "FORMAT STRINGS". This option must be specified before --add, --set, or --remove. --set=EXPR Set a single tag on all files according to EXPR. EXPR should be an expression like "artist=Foo". May be specified multiple times to set multiple tags. --set cannot be used to specify multiple values for a single tag. To do that, use --remove followed by multiple --add options. --remove=TAG Remove tags named TAG. May be specified more than once to remove multiple tags. -h, --help Show summary of options and exit. -v, --version Show version of program and exit. FORMAT STRINGS
The format string expected by --format is the same as that for pytagsfs. See the pytagsfs manual page for more information. EXAMPLES
Remove the genre tag from all .ogg files in the current directory. $ pytags --remove genre *.ogg Set the artist and album tag on all .mp3 files, and remove the genre tag. $ pytags --set artist=Foo --set album=Bar --remove genre *.mp3 Tag all of the .flac files in the current directory. All such files are assumed to be in the format "tracknum artist - trackname [album].flac". $ pytags --format '%n %a - %t [%l].flac' *.flac BUGS
Please report bugs on launchpad at http://launchpad.net/products/pytagsfs/+bugs. pytags relies on mutagen (the underlying Python tags library) to choose an appropriate tag format for the files being tagged. This cannot currently be overridden. SEE ALSO
pytagsfs(1) AUTHOR
Forest Bond Author. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2007, 2008, 2009 [FIXME: source] 2009-12-04 PYTAGS(1)
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