#9 * bad for scripting

[Eugene]

the * displayed beside the currently playing song is VERY
bad for scripting. Every time I try something like.

currentsong=`xmms-shell -e list | awk -F'*'`
or better yet.

xmms-sell -e list > currentplaylist
grep "*" currentplaylist

The grep will print out all the files in that folder. It's a very
odd bug on grep's part, however. I figured xmms-sell was
written for bash scripting.

I have a script that uses a hacked version of xmms-shell.
Am I legally allowed to post it on my site so people can use
that script?

Erm

[Vance Lankhaar]

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um, maybe you don't know enough bash?

try grep '*' currentplaylist

What's happening is that bash will automatically translate *
to the name of all the files in the current directory. You
can tell bash to ignore the * and pass it to the program by
using single quotes instead of double. Or, you can escape
it: grep \* currentplaylist

And I don't really know what you're trying to do with " |
awk -F'*' " - it doesn't look like valid awk to me......

And why not "xmms-shell -e current-track" ?

Vance