http://www.perlmonks.org?node_id=146516

Ok, I got inspired while converting my MP3 collection to Ogg Vorbis. Here's a few oneliners I used.
Convert all MP3's in directories given to it.
perl -e 'while(<>){chomp;print "*** $_ ***\n";chdir"$_";system "mp32og +g --maxbitrate 128 *.mp3";}'

Clean up any duplicate messes in current directory that may belong someplace else.

perl -e 'while(<>){chomp;@z=`find . -name "$_"`;unlink $_ if($#z);}' < + temp.txt

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Re: Random RedWolf OneLiners
by broquaint (Abbot) on Feb 20, 2002 at 11:01 UTC
    Check out perl -h or perlrun and read up on some of the neat switches that are available on the command line e.g.
    perl -lne 'chomp; print "*** $_ ***"; chdir "$_"; system "mp32ogg --maxbitrate 128 *.mp3"'
    The -n sticks a while(<>){ } around the code and -l (by default) sets $\ to $/.
    HTH

    broquaint