Re: OT: sox help needed

["s. keeling" <keeling@spots.ab.ca>]

Incoming from Jeff Elkins:
> 
> I'm trying to automate this:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> for i in *; do
>         if test -f $i; then
> mpg123 -s $i | sox -t raw -r 44100 -s -w -c 1 - -t wav -r 8000 -w -c 1 $i.wav
> 
>     fi
> done
> 
> which works, but gives me: filename.mp3.wav - anyway to end up with 
> filename.wav?

   #!/bin/sh
   #
   for i in *.mp3; do
      if test -f $i; then
         NAME=$(basename $i .mp3)  # NOTE embedded space.
         mpg123 -s ${NAME}.mp3 | \
             sox -t raw -r 44100 -s -w -c 1 - -t wav -r 8000 -w -c 1 ${NAME}.wav
      fi
   done


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