organizing your music using exiftool

exiftool-music-organizer.sh

#!/bin/bash

# exiftool music organizer
# this generates an "artist/album/song"-organized music library (based on metadata)
# it also moves and renames songs into this library based on metadata

# IN/OUT
read -p "Input Directory: " -e INPUT_DIR
read -p "Output Directory: " -e OUTPUT_DIR

# FORMATS
LOSSLESS_FORMAT="${OUTPUT_DIR}/\${albumartist;}/\${date} - \${album;}/\${tracknumber;} \${artist;} - \${title;}.\${FileTypeExtension;}"
MP3_FORMAT="${OUTPUT_DIR}/\${albumartist;}/\${date} - \${album;}/\${tracknumber;} \${artist;} - \${title;}.\${FileTypeExtension;}"

# EXEC
exiftool "-FileName<${LOSSLESS_FORMAT}" -ext flac -ext wav -r $INPUT_DIR
exiftool "-FileName<${MP3_FORMAT}" -ext mp3 -r $INPUT_DIR

find $INPUT_DIR -empty -type d -delete

# working as of 2020-05-14 06:12

sudo apt install libimage-exiftool-perl