Hi, I'm a pretty big fan of BASH scripting. I've got a bunch I use for random things and lately a couple issues have been plaguing me.
Both are somewhat related, in that they deal with filenames with spaces and "escaped" characters and with launching a program with command line arguements (which invariably include these filenames).
for instance. I have a bunch of MKV movies with embedded subtitles. I'd like to extract the subtitles into their own SRT file. so I've got this basic script written:
which gives me
Quote:
$ ./subtitleextract.sh Ying\ Xiong\ \(Hero\).mkv
Original Movie: Ying Xiong (Hero).mkv
srt File: Ying Xiong (Hero).srt
Track is: 3
Error: Missing track ID in argument 'Xiong'.
it should be running
mkvextract tracks Ying\ Xiong\ \(Hero\).mkv 3:Ying\ Xiong\ \(Hero\).srt
but obviously isn't.
The other script I've got that I'd love to get working is one I wrote to combine a series of avi files using avidemux. to do this I wrote a script that takes the input files as the arguements, deduces the output file name and then because of avidemux's arguement procedure I have it create a set of strings that it needs to append to the call to avidemux for each file being added to the original. I have a similar problem with this script as well, but with many more arguements involved. What I've done with this one is have it echo the required command to run which I can then copy and paste and it works fine, but it would be much nicer if I could get it to actually *launch* said command.
phew, hopefully someone that knows how to solve this bothered to read through this long post, and to you sir, I thank and congratulate you, especially if you have an answer to my troubles!
I have a bunch of MKV movies with embedded subtitles. I'd like to extract the subtitles into their own SRT file. so I've got this basic script written:
which gives me
it should be running
mkvextract tracks Ying\ Xiong\ \(Hero\).mkv 3:Ying\ Xiong\ \(Hero\).srt
but obviously isn't.
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<html>
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