Question

How to convert wav files into mp3 in centos with lame but in a directory and thier sub directories too at once

Answer 1

Better way

#!/bin/sh
for file in $(find /path/ -name "*.wav" | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//')
do
        echo $file
        name=${file%%.wav}
        echo $name
        lame -V0 -h -b 160 --vbr-new $name.wav $name.mp3
        #chk_mp3=$(find /path/ -name "*.mp3")
        chk_mp3=$(find $name.mp3)
        echo $chk_mp3
        if [ "$chk_mp3" == "$name.mp3" ];then
                rm $file.wav
                echo "file $file found and removed";
        else
                echo "file not found"
        fi
        
done

Answer 2

BASH SCRIPT save with .sh and run by sh filename.sh

#!/bin/bash

SAVEIF=$IFS
IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
for file in $(locate wav |grep path/to/folder)
do
  name=${file%%.wav}
  lame -V0 -h -b 160 --vbr-new $name.wav $name.mp3
  rm $name.wav
done

IFS=$SAVEIFS