script for compiling a playlist
 

ok i use liquidsoap to play a stream of music and i have created a script to make a playlist and i was woundering how to get the list to form in alphebetical order right now i have

find /icecast -name '*.mp3' > /test.txt

and that compiles a random list of the mp3's
what would i have to add for it to be alpebetical??

Pipe the output of find to sort

thanks that was simple and quick thanks colucix

do you know if there was a way i could get a file to insert in to the play list in between each
ex:

1broadcast.mp3
annoucment.mp3
2broadcast.mp3

i ask this cause all my mp3's are dated and i would like to insert a annoucement between them

Save the below lines in a file (say song.sh)
After changing the permissions etc, do ./song.sh < test.txt

lines=`wc -l test.txt | cut -f 1 -d" "`
while [ $lines -gt 0 ]
do
read song
echo $song
echo /path/ann.mp3
lines=`expr $lines - 1 `
done

(Hmm... I think I feel really bored today :) )

Do you want to insert the same line "announcement.mp3" between each line? You can do in many ways using sed or awk one-liners, for example:
with awk you have to redirect the output to a file and then substitute the original one. Instead, with the following sed command you can use the -i option to edit the file in place, substituting the end of line with a newline character followed by the string "announcement.mp3":
I'm sure there are better and more elegant ways to do the same, anyway. Cheers! :)

thanks guys i'll test them when i get a chance

with the sed command what is the change to make it every 2 lines or more

This executes the substitution every three lines starting from zero. The 0~3 part is the address in the form M~N, where M is the starting line and N the step. You can play with different values to see how it works, but you actually need to change the step only, to make it every 2 lines or more.

thanks again colucix