#!/bin/bash  
 # April 4, 2009  
 # m3u_cp.sh  
 #  
 # Take an m3u file and copy all associated mp3 files  
 # to a destination directory and generate a new m3u.  
 #  
 # Used to copy m3u playlists from computer to Garmin.  
 if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then  
 echo "Usage: m3u_cp.sh some.m3u /dst"  
 exit 0  
 fi  
 # Read the m3u file into an array  
 declare -a M3U  
 exec 10<"$1"  
 let count=0  
 while read LINE <&10; do  
 M3U[$count]=$LINE  
 ((count++))  
 done  
 exec 10>&-  
 # Determine the m3u's filename  
 if [[ $1 =~ [^/]*m3u ]]; then  
 m3u_path="$2/$BASH_REMATCH"  
 fi  
 # If playlist arleady exists, delete it  
 if [ -f "$m3u_path" ]; then  
 rm -f "$m3u_path"  
 fi  
 # Loop through the m3u lines  
 i=0  
 while [ $i -lt ${#M3U[@]} ]; do  
 # The current line is a comment, do nothing with it  
 if [ ${M3U[$i]:0:1} = "#" ]; then  
 echo ${M3U[$i]} >> "$m3u_path"  
 #Current line is a path to an mp3 file  
 else  
 # Get the current songs filename  
 if [[ ${M3U[$i]} =~ [^/]*mp3 ]]; then  
 song=$BASH_REMATCH  
 mpath=$( echo ${M3U[$i]} | tr -d '\r' )  
 # if the song doesn't exist, copy it to the desitnation folder  
 if [ -f "$2/$song" ]; then  
 echo File Exists -- $song  
 else  
 echo Copying -- $song  
 cp "$mpath" "$2/$song"  
 fi  
 # Write the song in the m3u file  
 echo $song >> "$m3u_path"  
 else  
 echo "The regex for finding the song's filename is fraked up."  
 fi  
 fi  
 let i=i+1  
 done  
 exit 0  
In the middle of writing this I really started wondering why I used bash. Perl would've been a lot easier.
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