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Created December 19, 2017 20:06
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Remove duplicates (by file path) from the MPD playlist
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mpd-remove-duplicates.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Remove duplicates from MPD playlist.
# Export MPD_HOST and MPD_PORT if you want to connect to a different host.
mpc playlist -f '%position%\t%file%' | sort -k 2 | perl -ne 'm/(.*)\t(.*)/; print "$1\n" if $2 eq $prev; $prev=$2' | mpc del
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an alternative:

  duplicates=$(mpc playlist -f '%position% %file%' | sort -k2 | uniq -f1 -d)
  while [ ! -z "$duplicates" ]; do
    echo "$duplicates" | sed 's/ .*//' | mpc del
    duplicates=$(mpc playlist -f '%position% %file%' | sort -k2 | uniq -f1 -d)
  done

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