[CLUE-Tech] mpg123 - recursively play directories?

[Jed S. Baer]

On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 15:38:14 -0600
Dave Price <davep at kinaole.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 03:03:30PM -0600, Sean LeBlanc wrote:
> > On 08-26 14:52, Dave Price wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Is there a simple syntax to use with mpg123 to play an arbitrary
> > > directory 'recursively'?
> > 
> > Would xargs work? Something like this: 
> > 
> > ls -R | xargs mpg123 {}\;
> > 
> > I can't try it as I use mp3blaster when I play stuff at commandline.
> > 
> Almost, but since ls is not giving a full (or relative) path, it fails.

Hmmm, didn't know you could use xargs that way (using the {} construct).

Instead of ls, would find do the trick?

find /path/to/mp3-root | xargs ...

On my system, the default action for find is "-print", and without
specifying any condition, all files match, and it outputs full paths.

HTH
jed
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