linux - Shell file parsing to automate youtube uploads -

i writing small script mass upload videos youtube.. looks this:

#! /bin/sh python --version file in ./*.mp4 ;         export title=$(basename "$file" ".mp4")         echo $title "for" $file         youtube-upload -m mail@mailer.com -p pass -c category -t "$title" -d "description" "$file" done 

where youtube-upload cli based python uploader..

my question can see i'm taking title file name path, , description same :(. want write description text or xml file parse it, , upload proper description each file..

how using shell commands in context?

thanks suggestions

have 1 file containing of filename->description mappings:

my file.mp4 description file2.mp4 description last file.mp4 description ilied.mp4 description 

and grab line beginning filename , use rest of line:

#! /bin/sh python --version file in ./*.mp4 ;         export title=$(basename "$file" ".mp4")         echo $title "for" $file         youtube-upload -m mail@mailer.com -p pass -c category -t "$title" -d "$(grep "^$(basename "$file")" desc | sed 's/.*.mp4 //')" "$file" done 

looking @ what's in $(...):

grep "^$(basename "$file")" desc | sed 's/.*.mp4 //' 

the grep finds line starts basename($file) in "desc" file , uses sed rid of filename, leaving rest of line (which description).

note doesn't need part of youtube-upload comand line. can toss variable:

#! /bin/sh python --version file in ./*.mp4 ;         export title=$(basename "$file" ".mp4")         echo $title "for" $file         description=$(grep "^$(basename "$file")" desc | sed 's/.*.mp4 //')         youtube-upload -m mail@mailer.com -p pass -c category -t "$title" -d "$description" "$file" done