On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 07:42 -0600, Nix, Robert P. wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Wilkinson > Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 7:32 AM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: mp3 to audio CD > > Thomas Springer wrote: > > wavfile=`echo $file | sed -e "s/mp3/wav/g"` > > For what it's worth, > $ echo lamp3.mp3 | sed -e "s/mp3/wav/g" > lawav.wav > which is probably not what's required. > > $ file="bright lamp3.mp3" > $ wavfile="$(basename "$file" .mp3).wav" > $ echo $wavfile > bright lamp3.wav > > Still doesn't help if someone calls a file "Windows User.MP3". If that's > a problem, then you probably do want to revert to sed: > $ echo lamp3.MP3 | sed -e "s/[Mm][Pp]3$/wav/g" > lamp3.wav > ------end snip--------- > > Another solution would be: > wavfile=`echo $file | sed -e "s/\.mp3/.wav/g" > > This works for the lamp3.mp3 example. It wouldn't work as well for lamp.mp3file.mp3 > true, but the basename command would work for all I can think of since it only applies to the specified extension. > > -- > Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation > RO-OC-1-13 (new loc) 200 First Street SW > 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 > ----- > "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but > in practice, theory and practice are different." >
