Linux - music file management commands

Copy m3u playlist files in a folder

Run this script where the m3u playlist is stored

sed "s/#.*//g" < starFM.m3u | sed "/^$/d" | while read line; do (( COUNTER++ )); filename="${line##*/}"; cp "${line}" "/home/nick/export/starFM/$COUNTER - $filename"; done

Linux: Split flac, cue files

shnsplit is the program used to split tracks, while cuebreakpoints it reads the break-points from file.cue and pipe them to shnsplit.

Install tools

sudo apt-get install cuetools shntool flac

Make the split

cuebreakpoints file.cue | shnsplit -o flac file.flac

Real example

# step 1
cuebreakpoints Volume\ 1\(CD06\)\ Symphonies\ KV\ 111a-130-132-183.cue | shnsplit -o flac Volume\ 1\(CD06\)\ Symphonies\ KV\ 111a-130-132-183.flac  -f Volume\ 1\(CD06\)\ Symphonies\ KV\ 111a-130-132-183.cue -t "%n. %t" Volume\ 1\(CD06\)\ Symphonies\ KV\ 111a-130-132-183.flac < Volume\ 1\(CD06\)\ Symphonies\ KV\ 111a-130-132-183.cue 

# step 2
# fill the tags (make sure the original flac is in another dir)

cuetag Volume\ 1\(CD06\)\ Symphonies\ KV\ 111a-130-132-183.cue *.flac