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reflac — Recompress FLAC files in-place while preserving metadata. More information: <https://github.com/chun

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Problem

How to use the reflac command: Recompress FLAC files in-place while preserving metadata. More information: <https://github.com/chungy/reflac#running>.

Solution

reflac — Recompress FLAC files in-place while preserving metadata. More information: <https://github.com/chungy/reflac#running>.

Recompress a directory of FLAC files:

reflac {{path/to/directory}}

Enable maximum compression (very slow):

reflac {{[-8|--best]}} {{path/to/directory}}

Display filenames as they are processed:

reflac {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{path/to/directory}}

Recurse into subdirectories:

reflac {{[-r|--recursive]}} {{path/to/directory}}

Preserve file modification times:

reflac --preserve {{path/to/directory}}

Code Snippets

Recompress a directory of FLAC files

reflac {{path/to/directory}}

Enable maximum compression (very slow)

reflac {{[-8|--best]}} {{path/to/directory}}

Display filenames as they are processed

reflac {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{path/to/directory}}

Recurse into subdirectories

reflac {{[-r|--recursive]}} {{path/to/directory}}

Preserve file modification times

reflac --preserve {{path/to/directory}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/reflac

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