NAME

       cddb-tool - Get CDDB information

SYNOPSIS

       cddb-tool parse file [-i|-d|-a|-t] [num|-c|-p]

       cddb-tool template disc-id tracks

       cddb-tool send [file] address

       cddb-tool query server user host disc-id tracks

       cddb-tool read server user host disc-id genre

       cddb-tool help

DESCRIPTION

       cddb-tool is a backend tool for abcde. It is passed information from cd-discid and uses it look up the CD
       title, artist, and track information on the cddb database (http://freedb.freedb.org) on the internet.

COMMANDS

       parse [file] option

       Get data out of a cddb file (use "-" for stdin).  Options (use one and only one):

              id     prints disc id

              album  prints album title

              track num
                     prints title of track num

              artist prints artist

              category
                     prints category

              cddbgenre
                     synonym for category

              all    parse file and dumps to stdout in a form sourceable by the shell

       send [file] address

       Mails  file  file  (or  stdin of no file specified) to specified address, using correct format.  Category
       should be one of blues, classical, country, data, folk, jazz, newage, reggae, rock, soundtrack, misc.

       template [disc-id] [tracks]

       Generates a template (empty) cddb file to stdout.  The command line should be essentially the  output  of
       cd-discid.

       query [server] [user] [host] [disc-id] [tracks]

       Looks  up  disc on server (should be of form "http://host/cddb/cddb.cgi") remainder of command line is in
       the same form as that returned by the cd-discid program. Uses wget, so if you need to use  a  proxy  then
       just  configure  wget  to do so. user and host will be used for identifying ourselves to the CDDB server.
       Outputs response code and entries with matching CDDB entries, if successful, from the CDDB server.

       read [server] [user] [host] [disc-id] [genre]

       Dumps CDDB entry to stdout. File will contain an extra #CATEGORY= line, which leaves it a valid CDDB file
       but which will be recognized by parse and send commands. Uses wget, so if you need to use  a  proxy  then
       just configure wget to do so. user and host will be used for identifying ourselves to the CDDB server.

       help

       Prints usage information.

AUTHOR

       Nathaniel   Smith   <njs@uclink4.berkeley.edu>,   maintained   as   part  of  abcde  by  Robert  Woodcock
       <rcw@debian.org>. Manual page compiled from help information by Robert Woodcock.

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