Finds all mp3 and sorts them in a flat strucutre

musicsort.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

musicFolder=$1
dist=$2

function usage() {
  echo $1
  exit 1
}

[ "$musicFolder" ] || usage "missing music folder"
[ "$dist" ] || usage "missing dist folder"
[ $(which id3info) ] || usage "install id3info"
[ $(which rmtrash) ] || usage "install rmtrash"

files=$(find "$musicFolder" -iname "*.mp3")

while read -r file; do
  info=$(id3info "$file")
  title=$(echo "$info" | grep "Title" | awk -F ": " '{print $2}' | tr ' ' '_')
  author=$(echo "$info" | grep "Lead" | awk -F ": " '{print $2}' | tr ' ' '_')
  newFileName="${title}-${author}.mp3"

  echo -n "new file name: [${newFileName}] "

  read -e user </dev/tty

  if [ "$user" ]; then
    newFileName="$user"
  fi

  cp "$file" "${dist}${newFileName}"

  rmtrash "$file"
done <<< "$files"