Exports the iTunes music library of the current user by coping *.mp3 files into folder based on the genre

exportITunesMusicLibraryByGenre

#!/bin/bash

# Rewrite IFS default seperator 
SAVEIFS=$IFS
IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")

itunesFolder="/Users/$USER/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music"
for file in $(find "$itunesFolder" -name '*.mp3'); do
  genre=$(id3v2 -l "$file" | sed -n '/^TCON/s/^.*: //p' | sed 's/ (.*//')
  
  if [ -n "$genre" ] && [ \! -d "$1/$genre" ]; then
      mkdir "$1/$genre"
  fi

  # Missing "genre" will copy the file to the root output folder 	
  cp "$file" "$1/$genre"
  echo "$genre ==> $(basename $file)"
done

# Set IFS default seperator 
IFS=$SAVEIFS