Audio collection script 1.0

Audio collection script is a script which can help you manage collections of audio files. For example, I have a directory with all my audio files in it, sorted by band/album. I also have an audio collections directory. Within that directory I have a few list files which contain patterns for songs that should be part of that collection. The script generates or updates a subdirectory for each list file present and creates links within those directories to all music files from my main audio directory that match the patterns in the list file.

An example:

Your music files are in /audio
Your collections are in /audio-collections
The file /audio-collections/funny.list has the following lines:

/audio-collections/funny/
#the next line matches all songs within a tripod directory
tripod/
monty*python
kevin*bloody*wilson
bill*clinton*miss*lewinsky*and*i

When run, it will process each .list file in the current directory. So for this example, when run from /audio-collections, it will create or clean out the directory /audio-collections/funny and create links inside it for any files found within /audio which match the specified patterns.

The first line in each list file specifies the directory to create and use for the links. The patterns in the file will match on the full path of a song.

Note: I am pretty sure it would not be a good path to put your collections inside your main audio directory.