01-20-2005
New Directories from Files
The Dilemma:
I have a huge directory filled with Music, in fact about 8,000 songs. I now want to separate all these songs into sub folders by the artist's name. Most all the song files are in the form of "Song Artist - Song Title." For example, Bach - Allegro ma non troppo.mp3. Now what I want is a script that would go through all these files and take the string before the "-" and use that to create a directory with that name, then place all the files which start with that string in the newly created sub folder. I have a small knowledge of shell scripting, but know Java and Cpp. I know in java that I could use a string tokenizer to accomplish some of this, but I have no idea how to shell script this problem.
Thanks in advance,
Robert
BTW, I am running Red Hat Linux 8.0, using bourne.
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poe::component::client::mpd::collection
POE::Component::Client::MPD::Collection(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation POE::Component::Client::MPD::Collection(3pm)
NAME
POE::Component::Client::MPD::Collection - module handling collection commands
VERSION
version 1.121670
DESCRIPTION
POE::Component::Client::MPD::Collection is responsible for handling general purpose commands. They are in a dedicated module to achieve
easier code maintenance.
To achieve those commands, send the corresponding event to the POE::Component::Client::MPD session you created: it will be responsible for
dispatching the event where it is needed. Under no circumstance should you call directly subs or methods from this module directly.
Read POE::Component::Client::MPD's pod to learn how to deal with answers from those commands.
Following is a list of collection-related events accepted by POCOCM.
RETRIEVING SONGS & DIRECTORIES
coll.all_items( [$path] )
Return all Audio::MPD::Common::Items (both songs & directories) currently known by mpd.
If $path is supplied (relative to mpd root), restrict the retrieval to songs and dirs in this directory.
coll.all_items_simple( [$path] )
Return all Audio::MPD::Common::Items (both songs & directories) currently known by mpd.
If $path is supplied (relative to mpd root), restrict the retrieval to songs and dirs in this directory.
/! Warning: the Audio::MPD::Common::Item::Song objects will only have their attribute file filled. Any other attribute will be empty, so
don't use this sub for any other thing than a quick scan!
coll.items_in_dir( [$path] )
Return the items in the given $path. If no $path supplied, do it on mpd's root directory.
Note that this sub does not work recusrively on all directories.
RETRIEVING THE WHOLE COLLECTION
coll.all_albums( )
Return the list of all albums (strings) currently known by mpd.
coll.all_artists( )
Return the list of all artists (strings) currently known by mpd.
coll.all_titles( )
Return the list of all titles (strings) currently known by mpd.
coll.all_files( )
Return a mpd_result event with the list of all filenames (strings) currently known by mpd.
PICKING A SONG
coll.song( $path )
Return the Audio::MPD::Common::Item::Song which correspond to $path.
coll.songs_with_filename_partial( $string )
Return the Audio::MPD::Common::Item::Songs containing $string in their path.
SONGS, ALBUMS & ARTISTS RELATIONS
coll.albums_by_artist( $artist )
Return all albums (strings) performed by $artist or where $artist participated.
coll.songs_by_artist( $artist )
Return all Audio::MPD::Common::Item::Songs performed by $artist.
coll.songs_by_artist_partial( $artist )
Return all Audio::MPD::Common::Item::Songs performed by $artist.
coll.songs_from_album( $album )
Return all Audio::MPD::Common::Item::Songs appearing in $album.
coll.songs_from_album_partial( $string )
Return all Audio::MPD::Common::Item::Songs appearing in album containing $string.
coll.songs_with_title( $title )
Return all Audio::MPD::Common::Item::Songs which title is exactly $title.
coll.songs_with_title_partial( $string )
Return all Audio::MPD::Common::Item::Songs where $string is part of the title.
AUTHOR
Jerome Quelin
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2007 by Jerome Quelin.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
perl v5.14.2 2012-06-15 POE::Component::Client::MPD::Collection(3pm)