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.Dd September 27, 2009
.Dt EZSTREAM-FILE.SH 1
.Os ezstream 0.5.6
.Sh NAME
.Nm ezstream-file
.Nd script to stream files from the command line
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Bk -words
.Op Fl hnqVv
.Op Fl T Ar cfg_template
.Op Ar
.Ek
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
script uses an
.Nm ezstream
configuration file template to stream a list of files given on the command
line, or via standard input.
In other words, filenames are written to a temporary playlist, and a
template-based configuration is generated to stream them.
.Pp
The path to a configuration template must be provided, either by using the
.Fl T
command line argument, or the
.Dv EZSTREAM_TEMPLATE
environment variable.
.Pp
The configuration template must be a valid playlist configuration, and contain
the follwing configuration statement:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
\&<filename\&>%FILENAME%\&</filename\&>
.Ed
.Pp
If no input files are specified, the list of files to be streamed are read
from standard input.
.Pp
Lastly, the
.Dv EZSTREAM
environment variable allows to specify an alternate
.Nm ezstream
binary.
.Ss Command line parameters
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl h
Print a summary of available command line parameters with short descriptions
and exit.
.It Fl n
.Po
Passed to
.Nm ezstream .
.Pc
Normalize metadata strings by removing excess whitespaces.
.It Fl q
.Po
Passed to
.Nm ezstream .
.Pc
Be more quiet.
Suppress the output that external programs send to standard error.
.It Fl T Ar cfg_template
Use the configuration in
.Ar cfg_template ,
overriding the default set in the
.Dv EZSTREAM_TEMPLATE
environment variable.
.It Fl V
Print the
.Nm
version number and exit.
.It Fl v
.Po
Passed to
.Nm ezstream .
.Pc
Produce more verbose output from
.Nm ezstream .
Use twice for even more verbose output.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/usr/share/doc/ezstream/examples" -compact
.It Pa /usr/share/doc/ezstream/examples
Directory containing example configuration files for various uses of
.Nm ezstream ,
as well as example playlist and metadata scripts.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ezstream 1
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
script and this manual were written by
.An Moritz Grimm Aq mdgrimm@gmx.net .