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On 22 September 2010 10:11, Louigi Verona  wrote:

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> Hey guys!

>

> Yeah, I am not saying it is anyone's fault and my CLI abilities are very

> basic. Also, even when I do research such stuff, I forget it quickly. For

> instance, I remember testing a CLI command to convert photos from one size

> to another. It was very fast and efficient and I was really convinced that

> it is much faster than firing up a GUI program. However, when I had to do a

> similar task some months later, at that moment I had no access to the

> Internet and I could not remember what command that was and how to use it.

> So eventually I had to give up.

> Same with file encoding. It does not come up very often, when it does - will

> I remember the command?

That's why you put such commands into a bash script so you have it for

reference.
for instance:
   #!/bin/bash

   # flac_to_mp3

   for f in *.mp3; do lame -v "$f"; done
Don't forget to make it executable:
chmod +x flac_to_mp3
A good reference is the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide:

http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
james
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