NAME

       id3 - an ID3 tag editor.

SYNOPSIS

       id3 [-tTaAycg newdata] file1 [file2 [file3...]]
       id3 -l file1 [file2 [file3...]]
       id3 -d file1 [file2 [file3...]]
       id3 -L

DESCRIPTION

       id3  is  an  ID3  v1.1 tag editor. ID3 tags are traditionally put at the end of compressed
       streamed audio files to  denote  information  about  the  audio  contents.  Up  to  thirty
       characters  of  Title,  Artist,  and  Album  information  can  be  stored,  as  well  as a
       28-character comment, four-digit year, track number up to 255, and an enumerated genre.

OPTIONS

       -t title
              Sets the title tag to the first 28 characters of title.

       -T track
              Sets the track tag to a number between 0 and 255.

       -a artist
              Sets the artist tag to the first 28 characters of artist.

       -A album
              Sets the album tag to the first 28 characters of album.

       -y year
              Sets the year tag to the first 4 characters of year.

       -c comment
              Sets the comment tag to the first 28 characters of comment.

       -g genre
              Sets the genre number tag using a genre number or predefined genre label.

       -l     List/view the ID3 tag.

       -L     List all genre tags.

       -R     Use rfc822-style output for tag printout.

       -d     Delete the ID3 tag.

BUGS

       The ID3 format has some shortcomings. There is a 1 in 16777216 chance of your mp3 having a
       certain  bit-pattern,  causing  id3  to write over the last 128 bytes of your mp3 upon tag
       creation. If you add a track number to an ID3 v1.0 tag, the last  two  characters  of  the
       comment string will be truncated. Any bugs found in id3 should be forwarded to the author,
       Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>.

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