[SOLVED] Bash script, ffmpeg batch help needed

[AndrewSerk]

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read my post.

I am having issues with a bash script to batch process a folder. The following works fine with simple names:

for i in *.mp3; do ffmpeg -i $i -vol 500 ${i%.mp3}.mp3; done

But if the name has spaces and special characters like: "13_2 - All The Way (Duet With Frank Sinatra)" the script fails.

So the question is how do I "properly" include all the special characters and spaces in my globular "*.mp3"??


Thank you in advance,

Andrew

[smr54]

I'm usually able to manage it with


for i in *.mpg3;do ffmpeg -i "$i" -vol 500 "$"{i%%.mp3}".mp3;done

Or similar. Main point being put the first "$i" in quotes and the second $"{iWhatever}" in quotes as well.

I just tried, after reproducing that mp3 name.

for i in *.mp3; do mv "$i" "${i%%.mp3}".1mp3;done

(I didn't have the actual mp3 and so just touched a file with the name, as well as my test.mp3, then renamed them.)

ls *mp3
13_2 - All The Way (Duet With Frank Sinatra).1mp3 my test.1mp3

[AndrewSerk]

Thank you Scott,
I just added the " " 's like you said and it worked perfectly.

for i in *.mp3; do ffmpeg -i "$i" -vol 500 "${i%.mp3}".mp3; done

Thank you again,

Andrew

[smr54]

My pleasure, glad it was an easy fix.