Bash script - cd to unknown directory

[carsonmantooth]

Hi All,

I have a series of scripts I am using to turn CD's into FLAC files.

The first one gets the album name and track names from the internet and then rips the CD to WAV using cdparanoia.

I have another script that will convert the WAV files into flac files using my cluster.

The problem I have is that I need to 'cd' to the folder containing the WAV files but the name is different each time as it is based on the album name.

I have tried piping ls and cd etc but am getting nowhere!!!

What I would like is a script that does the following.

changes to (for exampe) /home/chris/flactemp/albumname

I can then run the encoding script and them move the folder in to a completed area.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,

Chris

[Cabhan]

Well, you could do something like this:

discname=$(some_code_to_get_disc_name)
cd ~/my_cds/$discname

So basically, store the CD name in a variable, and just build the variable right into your cd command.

[bigtomrodney]

You may find the dirname command useful. It will pull the leading path from a variable that contains the filename.