My security dvr will output .avi files but they do not work well with my players (kubuntu12.04), I can remux them using mkvmergegui but the gui only does 1 output file at a time. I have a little bash script that processes the files and they work OK with my players:


****avi2mkv*******

#!/bin/sh

for vid in *.avi
do

mkvmerge "--forced-track" "0:no" "-d" "0" "-A" "-S" "-T" "--no-global-tags" $vid -o $vid.mkv

done


*********


I end up with a playable files with a name something like:


CH01-2012-07-23-15-36-24.avi.mkv

I would like to remove ".avi" section in the final ouput file name.

How can I make that happen with this script?




I am using mkvmerge v5.7.0 ('The Whirlwind') built on Jul 8 2012 19:27:48


thanks in advance


joe

Hi,

assuming your /bin/sh has the capabilities, replace
with
For more info look up "shell string substitution" or similar.
Evo2.

PS. Should work for /bin/sh as dash or bash, not sure about others.

Thank you, those simple changes fixes the script.

Thanks again, I spent much time looking for a simple way to delete, remove those few characters but did not know I needed to look for "shell string substitution".