I wrote a very simple bash script to remove all mp3 tags from a given directory using id3ed, but I was wondering if there is a way to add/modify a command to get it to delete the tags from subdirectories as well.
Here's what I got right now.
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#
# Removes id3 tags using id3ed
#
clear
echo "This will remove id3 tags from a given directory."
echo "Enter Directory"
read DIR
for file in $DIR*.mp3; do id3ed -r "$file"; done
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I know it should have something to do with this command, but I don't know how or where to add it to the script:

find . *.mp3

p.s. (I hate id3 tags)

I used to use a program called id3kill for windows, which was awesome, but I can't find anything similar for linux. I've been trying to write a c program, but I don't really have the knowledge or time to right now. Does anyone know of a similar program for linux? I've googled and everything. I've found plenty of id3 editors which also remove tags, but they won't do subdirectories, which is annoying when you have lots of mp3 files.

Thanks in advance !!!

for file in `find ./ | grep ".mp3"`; do ...

should work (untested)

Regards,

Samsara

The find command can be used with xargs or the exec command as well

example
find / -name *.mp3 -exec somecommand {} \;

will do somecommand for every file it finds.

Substitute ok for exec and you will be prompted to do the action for each file you find.

O.K. seems to work fine for files that don't have spaces. Is there a way to bypass these spaces and include those files as well?

This is what I got right now:
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#
# Removes id3 tags using id3ed
#
clear
echo "This will remove id3 tags from a given directory."
echo "Enter Directory"
read DIR
LIST=`find $DIR -name "*.mp3"`
id3ed -r $LIST
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There's gotta be a way to add the ' ' to the LIST generated by the find function, but I can't figure out how.

O.K. It finally works...
This is what I ended up with.

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#
# Removes id3 tags using id3ed
#
clear
echo "This will remove id3 tags from a given directory."
echo "Enter Directory (Don't Use Quotes)"
read DIR
find "$DIR" -name "*.mp3" | while read list
do
id3ed -r "$list"
done
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Thanks for everyones replies.....