Script to Speak Output of Command

[i.wanna.corndog]

Hey all,

I'm trying to set up a script that will get the readout of a command (mpc) and speak only the first line of the readout.

Here's the readout of mpc:

Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
[playing] #12/24 0:00/4:05 (0%)
volume: 20% repeat: off random: off


I want to just take the title and plug it into espeak like this:

espeak "Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me"

I also need the script to pause, then play mpc (since espeak won't work if music is outputting to the sound card).

I can figure out that last part, but I need some help taking the first line of the output and plugging it into espeak.

Thanks!

[i.wanna.corndog]

Well,

I figured it out. This is probably an extremely roundabout way, but it works!

I just have awl remove the second and third lines, then I speak the result.

#!/bin/bash
mpc pause
mpc > mpc.txt
awk '{if (NR!=2) {print}}' mpc.txt > mpc2.txt
awk '{if (NR!=2) {print}}' mpc2.txt > mpc3.txt
espeak -f mpc3.txt
mpc play