mp3info -V (return code: 6)
mp3info: invalid option -- '-'
mp3info: invalid option -- 'e'
Error: sion is not a valid option to the VBR reporting switch (-r)
Valid options are 'a', 'm' and 'v'. Run 'mp3info -h' for more info.
mp3info --help (return code: 0)
mp3info: invalid option -- '-'
MP3Info 0.8.5a Copyright (C) 2006 Cedric Tefft and Ricardo Cerqueira
USAGE:
mp3info [ -h | -G ]
mp3info [-x] [-F] [-r a|m|v] [-p FORMAT_STRING] file(s)
mp3info [-d] file(s)
mp3info [-i] [-t title] [-a artist] [-l album] [-y year]
[-c comment] [-n track] [-g genre] file(s)
OPTIONS
-a artist Specify ID3 artist name
-c comment Specify ID3 comment
-g genre Specify ID3 genre (use -G for genre list)
-l album Specify ID3 album name
-n track Specify ID3 v1.1 track number
-t title Specify ID3 track title
-y year Specify ID3 copyright year
-G Display valid genres
-h Display this help page
-x Display technical attributes of the MP3 file
-r a|m|v Report bit rate of (VBR) files as:
a - Average bit rate (float)
m - Median bit rate (integer)
v - Simply use the word 'Variable' (string) [default]
-i Edit ID3 tag interactively
-d Delete ID3 tag (if one exists)
-f Force processing if file is not a standard MP3
-F Full Scan (see man page for details)
-p "FORMAT_STRING" Print FORMAT_STRING with substitutions
Conversion Specifiers
%f Filename without the path (string)
%F Filename with the path (string)
%k File size in KB (integer)
%a Artist (string)
%c Comment (string)
%g Musical genre (string)
%G Musical genre (integer)
%l Album name (string)
%n Track (integer)
%t Track Title (string)
%y Year (string)
%C Copyright flag (string)
%e Emphasis (string)
%E CRC Error protection (string)
%L MPEG Layer (string)
%O Original material flag (string)
%o Stereo/mono mode (string)
%p Padding (string)
%v MPEG Version (float)
%u Number of good audio frames (integer)
%b Number of corrupt audio frames (integer)
%Q Sampling frequency in Hz (integer)
%q Sampling frequency in kHz (integer)
%r Bit Rate in kbps (see also '-r')
%m Playing time: minutes only (integer)
%s Playing time: seconds only (integer)
%S Total playing time in seconds (integer)
%% A single percent sign
Escape Sequences
\n Newline
\t Horizontal tab
\v Vertical tab
\b Backspace
\r Carriage Return
\f Form Feed
\a Audible Alert (terminal bell)
\xhh Any arbitrary character specified by the
hexidecimal number hh
\ooo Any arbitrary character specified by the
octal number ooo
\\ A single backslash character
This help screen is only a summary of command-line switches
See the man page for complete documentation.