Create a list of albums from flac tags

album-list.bash

#!/bin/bash
#
# Created by tobbez
#
# Issues:
# Does not handle Various Artists-albums properly

function get_artist () {
    metaflac --show-tag=ARTIST "$1" | cut -d= -f2
}

function get_album () {
    metaflac --show-tag=ALBUM "$1" | cut -d= -f2
}


if [ ! $# -eq 2 ]
then
    echo "Usage: ${0} <output file> <directory>"
    exit
fi


output="${1}"
scan_dir="${2}"

output_arg="-o "${output}""

if [ "${output}" == "-" ]
then
    output_arg=""
fi

num_files=`find "${scan_dir}" -type f -iname '*.flac' | wc -l`
let scanned_files=0

find "${scan_dir}" -type f -iname '*.flac' | while read file
do
    echo "`get_artist "${file}" | tr '/' ' '` / `get_album "${file}" | tr '/' ' '`"
    let scanned_files=$scanned_files+1
    echo -ne "\r${scanned_files}/${num_files} scanned..." >&2
    if [ $scanned_files -eq $num_files ]
    then
        echo >&2
    fi
done | sort -t "/" -k 2 -u $output_arg