neidorff wrote: > Hi, > > This baffles me, but should be very simple. > > I have a directory with names of audio files. I want to convert from > one audio format to another. No problem there. > > I want to create a script to do handle the change of file extension > chores. I came up with this: > > #!/bin/bash > FILES=$(ls *.flac | cut -f1 -d\.) > for i in $FILES; do > echo converting: $i > flac -sd $i.flac -o wav/$i.wav > done > > The first file is named "01 Introduction.flac" and the problem that I > have is that the first time I go through the for loop, "i" contains "01" > the next time "i" contains "Introduction". Since I set the delimiter > (with the -d option in cut) to "." (escaped) why am I not having "i" > contain "01 Introduction" the first time through the for loop? What > obvious thing am I missing here? > > Thanks, > > Mark > Part of the problem is the spaces in the file names. The loop is treating spaces as delimiters for the data in $FILES. You may find using basename works better for this application. for i in *.flac ; do name=$( basename "$i" .flac ) echo Converting $name flac -sd "$name.flac" -o "wav/$name.wav" done a slightly different way to do it would be: for i in *.flac ; do name=$( basename "$i" .flac ).wav echo Converting $name flac -sd "$i" -o "wav/$name" done In ether case, you have to enclose the file name in quotes because of the spaces. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
