Chuck, Thanks for the Script!

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

Hi Larry,

On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 01:20:50PM -0800, Hart Larry wrote:
By chance can I ajust that so it either prompts for a 
> saving file name, or put one on the commandline?

Sure.

> Also, I grabbed your ramwav program from late 2005.  Aren't these similar, but 
> one converts to mp3?

No. Grabit is a simple bash script. Ramwav is a C program that uses 
mplayer to convert anything mplayer can access to a wav file. It figures 
out whether or not to use the -playlist option in doing so.



> Whenever you ask any1 in linux about sound editors, they always mention 
> audasity.  Have you ever tried it?

No. I have it here, but have not gotten around to trying it.

> I notice the first line begins with a number sign?  Don't number signs become 
> comments?

Yes. But the second character is an exclamation point, which makes that 
particular comment quite special. "man bash" explains it.

Chuck

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