Copy files from an iTunes playlist to a directory

copy-playlist-files.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys, shutil, os.path
if len(sys.argv) != 3:
    sys.stderr.write('Usage: %s PLAYLIST DEST\n\n' % sys.argv[0])
    sys.exit(1)
exported, dest = sys.argv[1:]
lines = unicode(open(exported).read(), 'utf16').split('\r')[1:]
files = ['/Volumes/' + line.split('\t')[-1].replace(':', '/') for line in lines]
for file in files:
    if os.path.exists(file) and os.path.isfile(file): shutil.copy(file, dest)