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Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Steve Lamb wrote:


Vincent Lefevre wrote:

Why not zsh (more powerful than bash) or perl?


   Because to some Perl is horrible compared to Python.


  for FILE in *.wav; do lame -h -b 160 "$FILE" "$FILE.mp3"; done


   Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't I just end up with with a bunch of
files named blahblah.wav.mp3?

grey@teleute:/misc/Music$ for FILE in *.mp3; do echo "$FILE.mp3"; done
Eric Cartman-ComeSailAway.mp3.mp3
Happy Rhodes - Summer.mp3.mp3
Happy Rhodes - The Wretches Gone Awry.mp3.mp3
Happy Rhodes - When The Rain Came Down.mp3.mp3
Johnny Lang -  Breakin' Me.mp3.mp3
johnny lang - hit the ground running (1).mp3.mp3
Johnny Lang - Matchbox.mp3.mp3
Johnny Lang - Still Raining.mp3.mp3
Johnny Lang - sugarman.mp3.mp3

   So now we have to strip stuff out of the filename which involves at least
a call to cut (properly escaped, of course).  Meh, even simple examples in
shell should be avoided.
It has nothing to do with shell, python, perl or what ever. You would still have rename the file extention:
for FILE in *wav ; do lame -h -b 160 "$FILE" "`echo $FILE |sed s/.wav/.mp3/g ` " ; done 

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