Convert .flac and .ape to mp3

[Victor Sudakov]

Ultima wrote:
> > So eventually I will need to write a script to process all the *.ape
> > files, probably with bchunk. Which brings the following question. If
> > the file and directory names have spaces in them, a simple loop like
> > this:
> >
> > #!/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?

> do_something "$i"

Nope, these quotes make no difference, they are too late.

The problem is in the "for " line, it cannot differentiate spaces _in_
filenames and _between_ filenames. Look:

$ touch "this is a long file name.ape"
$ ~/bin/ape2mp3.sh
+ find . -iname '*.ape'
+ echo ./this
./this
+ echo is
is
+ echo a
a
+ echo long
long
+ echo file
file
+ echo name.ape
name.ape
$ 

I'm sure the solution exists, it must be a very common case.


-- 
Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
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