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13.1 id3ed
[dj@megajukebox]$ id3ed
id3ed v1.10 − mpeg layer 3 file information editor
Usage: id3ed [−s songname] [−n artist] [−a album] [−y year] [−c comment]
[−k tracknum] [−g genre] [−q] [−SNAYCKG] [−l/−L] [−r]
[−i] <mp3files> [−v]
−q no line interface; only set tags specified on command
line. Use twice to suppress all output except errors.
−SNAYCKG prompt to edit the specified tags only
Other tags can still be set with the −[snaycg] options.
−l/−L display list of genres
−r remove id3 tag from files
−i show current id3 tag only, don't edit
−v output program version/license
[dj@megajukebox MyBand]$ id3ed track01.mp3
File track01.mp3: (tag v1.1)
songname[max:30]: Our Kick Ass Demo
artist[max:30]: Us
album[max:30]: White Album
year[max:4]: 1999
comment[max:28]: Will be a classic some day!
tracknum[max:3]: 1
genre[0−255/name]: 5
If we now want to see the Id info we run id3ed with the −i flag, like so:
[dj@megajukebox MyBand]$ id3ed −i track01.mp3
track01.mp3: (tag v1.1)
songname: Our Kick Ass Demo
artist: Us
album: White Album
year: 1999
comment: Will be a classic some day!
tracknum: 1
genre: Funk(5)
13.2 mp3info
MP3info works in a similar manner to id3ed, here is a snippet from it's man pages:
SYNOPSIS
mp3info [ −option < value > ] filename[s]...
The Linux MP3−HOWTO
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