Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 17:12:37 +0100 From: Andreas Perstinger <andipersti@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Convert .flac and .ape to mp3 Message-ID: <06f10c10-8e39-ec9b-de84-0c345c8be229@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20180106151754.GA35747@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> References: <20180104163421.GA15692@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <20180104175156.440fa0c2.freebsd@edvax.de> <20180106063934.GA32231@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <op.zce38vcag7njmm@workstation> <20180106151754.GA35747@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru>
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On 2018-01-06 16:17, Victor Sudakov wrote: > Michael Ross wrote: >> > #!/bin/sh >> > for i in `find . -iname '*.ape'` >> > do >> > do_something $i >> > done >> > >> > breaks on spaces. >> > >> > What is the sh magic to handle such filenames? >> > >> >> xargs, you may want to run a few conversions in parallel: >> >> find . -iname '*.ape' -print0 | xargs -0 -I% -P<parallel_runs> convert % %.mp3 > > I'm sure there are many ways to solve the problem, including writing a > C program, but a solution in pure sh has its own value and appeal. Well, you use already the find command, so why don't you use it's full power? https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/321697 (Why is looping over finds output bad practice?) Bye, Andreas
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