// m3u to tracklist.txt
// I rip cd's and i create .m3u files that usually look like
// #EXTM3u
// #EXTsomething blahblahbalh
// 01 - artist - track
// #EXTsomething blablabalbla
//
// so I wrote this application to read the .m3u, create a .tracklist.txt
// and only copy over the lines not starting with #
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int c,lineskilled,n;
//c is the getchar() checker
//i is the amount of lines deleted counter
//n is the '\n' counter(used to show what line number has been deleted)
FILE *fp;
int countgoodlines;
fp = fopen("tracklist.txt","w");
if(fopen == NULL)
printf("Error, could not open tracklist.txt for writing.");
//file tracklist.txt should not exist
c = lineskilled = n = countgoodlines = 0;
while((c = getchar()) != EOF)
{
if(c == '#')
{
printf("Line %d has been deleted\n",n++);
++lineskilled;
while((c = getchar()) != '\n' && c != EOF);
//for( ; ; c=getchar())
// if(c == '\n')
// break;
}
else if(c != '#')
{
//here I copy over the good lines
for(;;c=getchar())
{
if(c != '\n')
fprintf(fp,"%c",c);
else
break;
}
fprintf(fp,"\n");
}
}
//display the amount lines that were not written to the new file (tracklist.txt)
printf("%d lines have been deleted.\n",lineskilled);
fclose(fp);
return 0;
}