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#!/bin/bash

by Gerador Zero

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electronic electro idm synthpop downtempo nerdcore geek breakbeat oldskool brazil

5 tracks

20:21

1	#!/bin/bash	4:21
2	for x in *.wav; do	3:46
3	oggenc -q 6 $x	3:57
4	rm $x	2:31
5	done	5:46

Album description

What is #!/bin/bash?

1. It's a new EP by Gerador Zero.

2. It's the first line of all scripts on Linux/Unix that make use of the Bash shell, a fundamental piece of the GNU system.

The EP has this name because:

1. I'm a geek and I've been trying to make some tracks about GNU/Linux for some time.

2. Weird names are cool (If you don't believe it, ask Aphex Twin).

Why do the tracks have these strange names?

It's a Bash script. If you write this inside a text file and run it on Linux (or MacOS X, or Windows with Cygwin), it will work perfectly. What does it do? Well, if you know Bash, you already know. If you don't, I'll explain it:

#!/bin/bash
(Tells the system to use Bash to run this script)

for x in *.wav; do
(Do the following with all .wav files:)

oggenc -q 6 $x
(Convert it to OGG Vorbis with quality 6)

rm $x
(Delete the original .wav)

done
(Self-explanatory)

Obviously you'll need oggenc for it to work, but most Linux flavors come with it pre-installed.

But this could be done on a single line!

I know, but a CD with just one song isn't that much interesting.

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sari

Brilliant

04/05/07

#!/bin/bash

while [ 1=1 ]; do
echo "Respect"
sleep 1
done

echo ":)"
exit

dennda

rocks

07/09/07

This is a very nice album.
I like the sound as well as the artists intentions and the names of the tracks.
As a user I like it, as a geek I love it.
We want more! :)

Thanks.

Ivan1984

Very nice...

30/04/09

Quite a mellow technical boot up with #!/bin/bash, with some lovely sounds and a strange but nice atmosphere. Good mix and energy to the second track. Wonderful sounds emanate from track three, again a good feeling, nice and positive. Track four is like a dubstepping interlude, cool work. The fifth, done, is a spacious piece of electronica, well constructed and an overall good little album.

shimmy

Good album

02/03/09

I <3 this alot. Number 3 just gets me. It's so intense! Thanxorz for an awesome album!

maximusfowler

RESPECT

01/07/08

this is good shit man... i really liked all the tracks; keep making stuff, and put it up for us to download :)

psystamp

awsome

30/06/08

Hi, I totaly love your album!
Its awsome, hard and totaly groovy!

I dig alot!
Great work!
Is this created with open source trackers on linux.. or on windows?

//love and regards Johan