[Techtalk] recording music CDs- batch conversions

[Carla Schroder]

Help please with doing batch file conversions. I'm beating myself up with sox, 
if there is an easier way I'm all ears. Let's say I have a directory full 
of .au files that I want to record to a disk for any standard audio CD 
player. (Not a PC!) 

One file at a time is easy, as Alvin said in his post:

$ sox soundfile.au filename.cdr
$ sox filename.cdr filename.wav

Well, a person could die of old age doing a lot of files this way. Any brainy 
notions? I think something like this should work:

$ for i in 'ls *.au';do echo -e "$i";sox $i.cdr;done

Does this make sense? I've not tested it yet, I still need to acquire some 
sound files, preferably without going to prison, or having my system blown up 
by Jack Valenti. :P 
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