{"id":2241,"date":"2005-09-04T23:07:32","date_gmt":"2005-09-05T03:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2005-09-04T23:08:25","modified_gmt":"2005-09-05T03:08:25","slug":"batch-renaming-itunes-directories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/04\/batch-renaming-itunes-directories\/","title":{"rendered":"batch renaming iTunes directories"},"content":{"rendered":"

In partial response to the Ask Metafilter question “How can I rename my music folders on my Mac based on ID3 tags?<\/a>“:<\/p>\n

#!\/bin\/bash\r\n# itunes_sanity.sh - fix dir names created by iTunes\r\n# only works for mp3s, and not actually tested on a Mac\r\n# created by scruss on Sun Sep 4 22:05:00 EDT 2005\r\n\r\nfind \"$@\" -type d -mindepth 1 | while read directory\r\ndo\r\n  artistdir=$(dirname \"$directory\")\r\n  firstfile=$( find \"$directory\" -type f -iname '*.mp3' | head -n1 )\r\n  year=$( id3info \"$firstfile\" | egrep ' TYE ' | sed 's\/=== TYE (Year): \/\/; s\/[^0-9]*\/\/;' )\r\n  album=$( id3info \"$firstfile\" | egrep ' TAL ' | sed 's,=== TAL (Album\/Movie\/Show title): ,,;' )\r\n  echo mv \\'$directory\\' \\'$artistdir\/\\[$year\\] $album\\'\r\ndone\r\n<\/pre>\n
So if you were in the terminal, in your music library (one up from the individual artist directories), and you did:<\/p>\n
itunes_sanity.sh Dan\\ Jones Tripping\\ Daisy<\/pre>\n
you’d get:<\/p>\n
mv 'Dan Jones\/Get Sounds Now' 'Dan Jones\/[2005] Get Sounds Now'\r\nmv 'Dan Jones\/One Man Submarine' 'Dan Jones\/[2003] One Man Submarine'\r\nmv 'Tripping Daisy\/Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb' 'Tripping Daisy\/[1998] Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb'<\/pre>\n
If that looks okay, run the output through the shell:<\/p>\n
itunes_sanity.sh Dan\\ Jones Tripping\\ Daisy | sh<\/pre>\n
and all should be well.<\/p>\n
You’ll need id3lib<\/a>, which is probably most easily installed from Fink<\/a>. Also, this only works for mp3 files; I can’t grok the tag info for AAC files. And finally, this might go seriously screwy on weird characters in filenames. You know my feelings on that …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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