#!/bin/bash #This is the ffmpeg command that the audio shortcut in i3 will run. #Picks a file name for the output file based on availability: if [[ -f ~/output.flac ]] then n=1 while [[ -f $HOME/output_$n.flac ]] do n=$((n+1)) done filename="$HOME/output_$n.flac" else filename="$HOME/output.flac" fi #The actual ffmpeg command: ffmpeg \ -f alsa -i default \ -c:a flac \ $filename