[SOLVED] here's a brain teaser, for some. bash output to current dir, how to redirect it?

BW-userx · 11-17-2018, 09:51 AM

I got a script that where ever it is ran this is the output to lame or flac, then it picks up the file in that dir and moves it accordingly. If I am not in the same dir that the script is when I start the script from the cli, then the output is where ever current dir is. therefore, screwing up the code telling it where to get the final product from lame so I can move it accordingly.

wmbutton, I set one button up to call the script to be stared in a terminal, forgetting about that part (above) until I seen it's output file not found.

I could not find how to get a terminal to change into a dir when being started.

Code:

Eterm/xterm/uxterm -e "cd /some other dir"
Eterm/xterm/uxterm -c "cd /some other dir"

does not work, but of course this does.

Code:

Eterm -e "/media/data1/scripts/resample_newMusic" &

but the dir is my home dir that is being used to dump my files into because that is where the script shell is started in, and not the dir the script is actually in.

therefore in order to get my script to know where they are at at all times, due to depending on where or how I start that script. what means would I use to do that?

can it be done?

Code:

#!/bin/bash
script_dir=/media/data1/scripts/
working_dir="/media/data1/music-files-to-do"
move_to=/media/ntfs1/done1-Music

if [[ -d /run/media/userx/3TB-External ]] ; then
{
    copy_to=/run/media/userx/3TB-External/done1-Music
}
elif [[ -d /media/userx/3TB-External ]] ; then
{
    copy_to=/media/userx/3TB-External/done1-Music
}
fi

no_tags=/media/ntfs1/music.No.Tags

if [[ ! -d "${copy_to%/*}" ]] ; then
  echo "drive $copy_to not mounted"
 exit
fi

count="$(find "$working_dir" -type f -iname "*.mp3" -o -iname "*.flac"  | wc -l)"

while read f ; do 

	d=$f
	path=${d%/*}
	name=${d##*/}
	filename=${name%.*}
	ext=${name##*.}
	
    newFile="$filename"."mp3"
    
	newDirStruct=${path/$working_dir/$move_to}
	newCopyTo=${path/$working_dir/$copy_to}
	NoTags=${path/$working_dir/$no_tags}
    
    echo
    echo "$((count--)) :Left:"
    echo
    
    bitrate="$(exiftool -p '$AudioBitrate' "$f")"
    #strips kpbs
    bitrate=${bitrate% *}
    echo "$bitrate"
  
    artist="$(exiftool -p '$Artist' "$f")"
    album="$(exiftool -p '$Album' "$f")"
    title="$(exiftool -p '$Title' "$f")"
    genre="$(exiftool -p '$Genre' "$f")"
    
#changed to Meta Tag info dir structure

    move_new="$move_to"/"$artist"/"$album"
    copy_new="$copy_to"/"$artist"/"$album"


##############################################################
# Resampling with LAME 99.9.5  
# if MP3 is out of limits then re-sample it if not then send it through
# skip resampling saves time
###
# flac -cd "$f" | lame -b 320 - "${f%.*}".mp3
if [[ "${ext}" == 'flac' ]] ; then
{	
4	flac -cd "$f" | lame -V 5 -b 128  -F --vbr-new -m j -q 2  - "$newFile"
         
    rm -v "$f"
        
    bitrate="$(exiftool -p '$AudioBitrate' "$script_dir"/"$newFile")"
    #strips kpbs
    bitrate=${bitrate% *}
    echo ":BiTRATE:2 is :: $bitrate"
        mid3v2 -a "$artist"  "$script_dir"/"$newFile"
        mid3v2 -A "$album"  "$script_dir"/"$newFile"
        mid3v2 -t "$title"  "$script_dir"/"$newFile"
        mid3v2 -g "$genre" "$script_dir"/"$newFile"
        
        artistAlbum="$artist"/"$album"
        
        if [[ -n "$artist" && -n "$album" ]] ; then
       { 
			
			mkdir -p "$move_new"
			mkdir -p "$copy_new"
			
			cp -r "$script_dir"/"$newFile" "$copy_new"  
			mv -vf "$script_dir"/"$newFile" "$move_new"      
        }
        else
        {
            mkdir -p "$NoTags"
            mv -vf "$script_dir"/"$newFile" "$NoTags"          
        }
        fi
} # if  start bitrate  <    128     or   start bitrate > 160 then resample
elif [[ "${bitrate%.*}" -gt "${rate2h}" ]] ; then
{
	lame -V 5 -b 128  -F --vbr-new -m j -q 2 "$f" "$newFile"
    
	rm -v "$f"
	bitrate="$(exiftool -p '$AudioBitrate' "$script_dir"/"$newFile")"
    #strips kpbs
    bitrate=${bitrate% *}
    echo ":BiTRATE:2 is :: $bitrate"
    mid3v2 -a "$artist"  "$script_dir"/"$newFile"
    mid3v2 -A "$album"  "$script_dir"/"$newFile"
    mid3v2 -t "$title"  "$script_dir"/"$newFile"
    mid3v2 -g "$genre" "$script_dir"/"$newFile"
    
    if [[ -n "$artist" && -n "$album" ]] ; then
    {   
		mkdir -p "$move_new"
		mkdir -p "$copy_new"
		
		cp -vr "$script_dir"/"$newFile" "$copy_new"  
		mv -vf "$script_dir"/"$newFile" "$move_new" 
	}
	else
	{
		mkdir -p "$NoTags"
		mv -vf "$script_dir"/"$newFile" "$NoTags"
	}
	fi
} #no resampling needed goes here
elif [[  -n "$artist" && -n "$album" ]] ; then
{
    mkdir -p "$move_new"
	mkdir -p "$copy_new"
			
	cp -vr "$f" "$copy_new"  
	mv -vf "$f" "$move_new" 
  
}
else
{
    mkdir -p "$NoTags"
    mv -vf "$f" "$NoTags"
}
fi

unset album
unset atrist
unset title

done <<<"$(find "$working_dir"  -type f -iname "*.mp3" -o -iname "*.flac" )"

danielbmartin · 11-17-2018, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BW-userx

Code:

unset album
unset atrist
unset title

atrist?

Daniel B. Martin

.

NevemTeve · 11-17-2018, 10:02 AM

Maybe this:

Code:

sh -c 'cd "some other dir"; exec Eterm/xterm/uxterm'

BW-userx · 11-17-2018, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danielbmartin

atrist?

Daniel B. Martin

.

damn it, someone keeps changing my keys on my KB!!!
thanks for the catch!

BW-userx · 11-17-2018, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NevemTeve

Maybe this:

Code:

sh -c 'cd "some other dir"; exec Eterm/xterm/uxterm'

that is too simple, let me give that a try.
Nope it does not change the dir path in mine. did you give it a try?

BW-userx · 11-17-2018, 10:22 AM

Ok I got it figured out, I added this to the first line of the script .

Code:

#!/bin/bash

cd /media/data1/scripts

I was thinking it had to be more complected, this worked.