On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:18:11 -0400 Jeff Elkins wrote: > > In the same vein, I'm working through a list of mp3s where some of them need > re-encoding. First, I convert them to wavs with this script fragment: > > mpg123 -b 10000 -s "$1" | sox -t raw -r 44100 -s -w -c2 - "$2" > > where I feed the script $1 (input) and $2 (output). In every case, $1 and $2 > are the same, except for $2 I want the output filename to have a .wav > extension. > > Could I alter the script to eliminate entering $2, since the basic filename is > the same?
man basename (the suffix bit). -- Carlos Sousa http://vbc.dyndns.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]