Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?
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On 08/09/07 11:51, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 09:25:20 -0700, 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?
>
> [...]
>
>> 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.
>
> You don't need to use cut; bash can do it directly if you use
> "${FILE%wav}mp3" as the output filename in the for loop.
Or use basename(1).
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
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