Convert sound files to wav with mpg123 and sndfile-convert

convertToWav.bash

#!/bin/bash

#
# Convert all soundfiles of a particular type located in the
# current directory to wav.
#
function convertToWav {
    local ext="$1"; shift

    for f in *.${ext}; do
        # mp3 can't be converted by sndfile-convert
        # use mpg123 instead
        if [[ -n $(echo "$f" | grep mp3) ]]; then
            mpg123 -w "${f/%.mp3/.wav}" "$f"
        else
            sndfile-convert "$f" "${f/%.${ext}/.wav}"
        fi
    done
}

convertToWav mp3
convertToWav flac
# add more extensions as appropriate
# see output of sndfile-convert for supported file types