[CLUE-Tech] mpg123 - recursively play directories? (solved?)
Dave Price
davep at kinaole.org
Mon Aug 26 16:38:31 MDT 2002
On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 04:08:11PM -0600, Sean LeBlanc wrote:
> On 08-26 15:38, Dave Price 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.
>
> Well, what about locate or find?
>
find seems to do the deal - I have been using a script with locate and
grep that builds a temp file for a while, but wanted something that
would just do a subtree on the fly (like an artist).
What does the {}\; do?
aloha,
dave
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