On 12/8/05, Nix, Robert P. <Nix.Robert@xxxxxxxx> 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 I would like to add the following: the line lame $file $wavfile should be replaced with lame "$file" "$wavfile" so that the script works fine when there are file names like 01\ -\ Supertramp\ -\ School.mp3 Paul
