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    Script error?

    I I'll try what was suggested below, and if I can figure it out, I'll let you know
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    Script error?

    Oh, thank you - I'll give that a try. I am new to this, so may not understand it.
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    Script error?

    Can anyone tell me why simple file report script as below, works if I type out full path name, or even using '.' for current directory but will not allow use of '~' for home directory? See screenshot of script running below, also: Any help understanding this would be greatly appreciated...
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    Music player advice

    Thanks for everyone's help. Tried ripit-had some issues around cddb. When googling a solution, I came across abcde. Tried this and was getting on pretty well, but then cddb stopped recognising track info. Most of these cds were recognised by clementine. Would like to have used command line for...
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    Music player advice

    About to look at trying to rip CD's again and this certainly sounds. Appreciate links to read up and understandwhat I'm doing/trying. Think I'll actually read a few of the articles 1st and then try a few in order of preference. Thanks for the help
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    Music player advice

    Thank you, appreciate all replies. Someone else also mentioned asunder/lame. I'll definitely try all options mentioned in replies.
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    Music player advice

    Thank you, I'll have a look at lame and asunder. Flacand mp3 were only 2 of options I'd heard of. How compatible is Vorbis Ogg across devices? I assume having android phone, that even if Google play music player doesn't support, it would be easy enough to find a player that did support. Thank...
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    Music player advice

    Thank you, I'll give that a wee try and read the article
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    Music player advice

    New to linux and recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Having a few issues with default Rhythmbox music player. Want to rip all my CD's: 1st - for some reason I don't seem to be able to rip in mp3 format. They seem to rip in Ogg Vorbis ok. Never heard of that format so don't know if I should be...
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    if statement / rsync back-up query

    Thank you for your help. All interesting stuff!! At present I'm just backing up some office files. Going forward I would like to organise and back up photos, then our music and finally maybe organise some movies. I've got 1TB external hard drive I suspect is NTFS and HDD. Although don't know too...
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    if statement / rsync back-up query

    Thank you for your reply @atanere Didn't think I needed amend the fstab tbh. The reason I did so - even though the usb had rwx permissions, I was struggling to get rsync to work or to create new folders. Think the reason was originally trying to copy to ~/media/usb This was failing as couldn't...
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    if statement / rsync back-up query

    Hi, I'm new to Linux and I'm not sure where to place this thread? I'm looking to start using raspberry pi for some projects around house. Want to be able to back up files automatically to usb using cron, but, first have to create bash script in order to do so. The folder I would like to back up...
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