mp3_filenames.sh

# requires mp3info be installed on system

specChars () {
   tr [:blank:] [_] | tr [/] [_] | tr -d [=~=][=!=][=@=][=#=][=$=][=%=][='('=][=')'=][=\'=][=,=][=.=][=:=][=';'=][=\\=]
}


#check with user to see if the filenames look good
mp3info -p "File: %f\nTitle:  %t\nArtist:  %a\nAlbum:  %l\nYear:  %y\nGenre:  %g\n" *.mp3
echo -n 'File names will be:' \n
mp3info -p "%g\t%y %a_-_%l/%02n_-_%t\n" *.mp3 | specChars
echo -n 'Everything ok?  Enter any char to continue'\n
echo -n 'CTRL-C to quit'\n
read something


MP3DIR=/var/www/html/mpThree
IFS=$'\n'

chmod 644 *

mp3s=$(ls -1 *.mp3)

for mp3 in $mp3s ; do

   folder=$(mp3info -p "%a_-_%l" $mp3 | specChars)
   file=$(mp3info -p "%02n_-_%t" $mp3 | specChars).mp3
#   echo $folder/$file

   if [ ! -d $MP3DIR/$folder ]; then
      mkdir $MP3DIR/$folder
   fi

   cp $mp3 $MP3DIR/$folder/$file

done