metalfinder(1)

Usage

metalfinder [-d <directory>] -o <output> -l <location> -b <app_id> [-c <cache>] [-m <date>] [--verbose]

metalfinder {(-h | --help)}

metalfinder --version

metalfinder is a command-line tool that scans a music directory to find concerts near a specified location.

-h | --help
Show the help screen

--version
Output version information

--verbose
Run the program in verbose mode

-d | --directory <directory>
Music directory to scan to create artist list

-o | --output <output>
Path to the desired output file. You can either chose a text file
(foo.txt), a JSON file (foo.json) or an ATOM file (foo.atom)

-l | --location <location>
Name of the city to use when looking for concerts

-b | --bit-appid <app_id>
Bandsintown App ID (API key). Optional when the METALFINDER_BIT_APPID
environment variable is set.

-c | --cache-dir <cache_dir>
Path to the cache directory. Defaults to $HOME/.cache/metalfinder/

-m | --max-date <date>
Max date in YYYY-MM-DD format (ISO 8601)

metalfinder uses the following environment variables:

METALFINDER_BIT_APPID
Bandsintown API key. Useful to keep your API key from leaking when
running metalfinder on the command line.

$ export METALFINDER_BIT_APPID=mysecretapikey
$ metalfinder -d "/home/foo/Music" -o "/home/foo/metalfinder.atom" -l "Montreal"

Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm).