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Paul Smith wrote:
>>To use the {} replacement for the file, xargs should have the -i
>>option:
>>
>> ... | xargs -0 -i sox '{}' ...
>>
>>Of course, the xargs manpage says that -i is deprecacted and you
>>should instead use -I replace-str. You can make things more
>>readable this way as well:
>>
>> ... | xargs -0 -I wav sox 'wav' ...
>
> It does not work either:
>
> $ find . -name \*.wav -print0 | xargs -0 -I wav sox "{}" -r 44100 -t
> wav "output_{}"
> sox: Can't open input file '{}': No such file or directory
That's because you've used {} instead of wav. The xargs -I option
specifies a replacement string to be used when running the command.
So if you say -I wav, then wav is the replacement string that is used.
The xargs -i option is shorthand for -I {}.
The important thing missing from the original xargs command was -i.
Without that, {} won't have any special significance. I as just
pointing out that the xargs manpage labels -i as deprecated and
recommends the use of -I replace-str.
See the xargs manpage for details.
Of course, I wouldn't even bother with xargs in this case. I'd do
just what Paul Howarth recommended in the beginning of this thread:
for in in *.wav; do sox "$i" -r 44100 "output_$i"; done
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