Hack:AMPDlogger

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• Description: Small bash script to log tracks played with MPD to a plain text file. It is very simple and customizable being under 20 lines of code. It depends on mpc.
• Homepage: MorskNorsk.mine.nu:666/~mordbrann/ampdlogger
• Maintainer(s): Unknown

#!/bin/bash
path="$HOME"				#path to write out files
delimiter="║"				#used to seperate time and track info - other suggestions: ‣ ✠ ❯ ♥
polltime=1				#how often to poll in seconds
previous=$RANDOM

while true
do
	OF=Playlist-$(date +%Y%m%d)	#filename format, placed here so it changes when date changes
	song=`mpc --format "%artist% #» %album% #» %track% #» %title% #» %time%" |grep »`
	sleep $polltime
	if [ "$song" != "$previous" ]; then
		if [ -n "$song" ]; then
			echo $(date +%H:%M:%S) $delimiter "$song" >> $OF
			previous="$song"
		fi
	fi
done