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Get total duration of .wav and .mp3 files in a directory
#!/bin/bash
# Function to calculate the total duration
calculate_total_duration() {
local dir="$1"
local total_duration=0
# Loop through each audio file
while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
# Check if the file is a .wav or .mp3 file
if [[ $file == *.wav ]] || [[ $file == *.mp3 ]]; then
# Use ffprobe to get the duration
duration=$(ffprobe -v error -show_entries format=duration -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 "$file" 2>/dev/null)
# Add the duration to the total
total_duration=$(awk "BEGIN {print $total_duration + $duration}")
fi
done < <(find "$dir" -type f \( -iname "*.wav" -o -iname "*.mp3" \) -print0)
echo "$total_duration"
}
# Main script
# Check if a directory is provided as an argument
if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
echo "Usage: $0 <directory>"
exit 1
fi
# Check if the directory exists
if [[ ! -d $1 ]]; then
echo "Directory not found: $1"
exit 1
fi
# Call the function to calculate the total duration
total_duration=0
while IFS= read -r -d '' sub_dir; do
duration=$(calculate_total_duration "$sub_dir")
total_duration=$(awk "BEGIN {print $total_duration + $duration}")
done < <(find "$1" -type d -print0)
# Display the total duration
echo "Total Duration: $total_duration seconds"
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