// 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(void)
{
        int c,i,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");
        //file tracklist.txt should not exist

        c = i = n = countgoodlines = 0;


        while((c = getchar()) != EOF)
        {

                if(c == '\n')
                        ++n;
                // if c is a newline, increment newline counter, (to display line deleted)

                // check to see if this line will be ignored from file (tracklist.txt)
                if(c == '#')
                {
                        printf("Line %d has been deleted\n",n);
                        ++i;
                        c='\n';
                        //can I set c = '\n' and the (while(c=getchar()).. will goto the next line?)
                }

                if(c != '#' && c != '\n')
                {
                        //here I want to copy over the good lines, this fprintf is just
                        //a temporary placeholder for the eventual code I will use to
                        //transfer over the actual line
                        fprintf(fp,"This is a good line%d.\n",countgoodlines++);
                }

        }

        //display the amount lines that were not written to the new file (tracklist.txt)
        printf("%d lines have been deleted.\n",i);

        fclose(fp);

        return 0;
}