[GLLUG] Syntax question

[Stanley C. Mortel]

OK, I'm trying to use lame to convert .wav files to .mp3 files.  Without an 
output file argument it names the thing 1.wav.mp3 when I want it to be 
1.mp3.  So I've been trying to use "basename" to fix this but that command 
seems to embed a carraige return that I can't get rid of.  Here is the script:

#!/bin/bash

for f in *.wav ;
do
g = | basename $f .wav ;
echo $g.mp3
lame $f $g.mp3 ;
done

The echo returns
1
.mp3

then lame converts 1.wav into .mp3.

I've tried doing it without the "g =" line but can't seem to find any 
syntactically correct way to express

lame $f  "| basename $f .wav".mp3

which is why I tried the "g ="  line.  Quotes (single or double) don't 
work, nor do parentheses or braces or brackets.  Is there some way to keep 
the line

g = | basename $f .wav ;

from embedding a carraige return in the value of $g ???

"basename" doesn't seem to be all that well documented out there, and it is 
basename rather than the "g =" line itself, since

g = h
echo $h.mp3

returns g.mp3, which is what I want.

Thanks in advance.


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Stan Mortel
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