#97 Producing Summary Listings of iTunes Libraries

If you've used the excellent Mac OS X application iTunes for any length of time, you're sure to have a massive playlist of CDs that you've scanned, downloaded, swapped, or what-have-you. Unfortunately, for all its wonderful capabilities, iTunes doesn't have an easy way to export a list of your music in a succinct and easy-to-read format. Fortunately, it's not hard to write a script to offer this functionality.

The Code

 #!/bin/sh # itunelist - Lists your iTunes library in a succinct and attractive # manner, suitable for sharing with others, or for # synchronizing (with diff) iTune libraries on different # computers and laptops. itunehome="$HOME/Music/iTunes" ituneconfig="$itunehome/iTunes ...

Get Wicked Cool Shell Scripts now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.