mpdignore.sh

#!/bin/bash

scriptname=$(realpath "$0")

function editscript(){ if [ "$1" = "edit" ] || [ "$1" = "nano" ]; then (/usr/bin/nano "$scriptname"); exit; fi ; }

editscript "$1"

####################################################
#This block is now defined in mpdignore.functions
#pldir="/var/lib/mpd/playlists"		# defines playlist directory; default = /var/lib/mpd/playlists
#watchfile=".mpdignore.m3u"		    # defines the watched playlist; default = .mpdignore.m3u
#mpdconf="/etc/mpd.conf"		    # defines mpd.conf location; default = /etc/mpd.conf
#mpduser="mpd"				        # defines the user mpd service runs as; default = mpd
#mpdgroup="media"			        # defines the group mpd service runs as; default = media
#ignoredm3u="mpdignored.m3u"		# defines the playlist of songs ignored by mpdignore; default = mpdignored.m3u
####################################################


. mpdignore.functions

[[ ! "$musicdir" ]] && getmpdmusicdir

[[ ! "$mpdpldir" ]] && getmpdpldir

[[ ! "$mpdlog" ]] && getmpdlog

watchpath="$mpdpldir/$watchfile"		# sets full path of watchfile
ignoredpath="$mpdpldir/$ignoredm3u"        # sets full path of ignoredm3u

while read -r line; do
  song="${line##*/}"
  songdir="${line%/*}"
  ignoredir="$musicdir/$songdir"
  if [[ -f "$ignoredir"/.mpdignore ]]; then
    cp "$ignoredir"/.mpdignore "$ignoredir"/.mpdignore~
  fi

### mpd does not recognize file names with square brackets in .mpdignore files and the
### individual square bracket characters must be escaped such that they will be recognized

#  if [[ "$song" =~ \[ ]] || [[ "$song" =~ \] ]]; then
#    song=$(sed -e 's/\\\]/\]/g' -e 's/\\\[/\[/g' -e 's/\[/\\\[/g' -e 's/\]/\\\]/g' <<< "$song" )
#  fi


### Found out that it also fails to recognize file names with '\' in them!


#  if [[ "$song" =~ \[ ]] || [[ "$song" =~ \] ]] || [[ "$song" =~ \\ ]]; then
#    song=$(sed -e 's/\\\]/\]/g' -e 's/\\\[/\[/g' -e 's/\[/\\\[/g' -e 's/\]/\\\]/g' \
#            -e 's/\\([^\\]/\\\\\1/g' <<< "$song")
#  fi

if [[ "$song" =~ \[ ]] || [[ "$song" =~ \] ]] || [[ "$song" =~ \\ ]]; then
  song=$(echo "$song" |  -e 's/\\\([^\\]\)/\\\\\1/g' sed -e 's/\[/\\[/g' -e 's/\]/\\]/g')
fi
  printf "%s\n# added on %s\n" "$song" "$(date)" >> "$ignoredir"/.mpdignore
  printf '%s has been added to .mpdignore in %s\n' "$song" "$ignoredir"
  printf '%s\n' "$line" >> "$ignoredpath"
  printf '%s\n' "$(date '+%b %d %H:%M : player: ignored ')\"$line\"" | cat >> "$mpdlog"
done < "$watchpath"

printf '#last run %s\n' "$(date)" >> "$ignoredpath"

#: > "$watchpath"									# clears the watchfile after run
#
#chmod g+w "$ignoredir"/.mpdignore "$ignoredpath" "$watchpath"				# grants group access to the watchfile, ignoredm3u, and the created/updated .mpdignore file
#chown "$mpduser":"$mpdgroup" "$ignoredir"/.mpdignore "$ignoredpath" "$watchpath"		# changes ownership of the above files to mpd and its goup (e.g., so the ignored playlist is readable by mpd)

rm "$watchpath"