#!/bin/bash


##  first i check that we have a player.     i use sox.
##  if you use something else set this to match your player
[ -z sox ] && echo "install sox" && exit 1

if [ -f "$1" ]
  then # simply play the sound file. else look for sub-dirrectories
    if echo "$1" | grep -ie 'cdrom' > /dev/null 2>&1
         # if it's on the cdrom drive then set the speed to 1X
        then eject -x 1 /dev/cdrom > /dev/null 2>&1
    fi > /dev/null 2>&1
    play "$1" > /dev/null 2>&1
     # i didn't like the scrolling numbers sox displays so it's nulled.
  elif [ -d "$1" ]
    then # for directories, play all audio files within.
        LIST="`find $1 -type f`"
        C='1'
        BOB="`for Q in $LIST
                do if file $Q | grep audio > /dev/null 2>&1
                    then echo "$RANDOM:$Q"
                  fi
            done | sort | cut -d':' -f2- `"
    for NEXT in $BOB
        do echo "#$C    Now playing,    \"`basename "$NEXT"`\" "
            $0 "$NEXT" > /dev/null 2>&1
            C="$(($C + 1))"
    done
  else find ~/ /usr/local/ -name $1 -exec play '{}' \;
fi