Here is a modified script that I think answers the need for not overwriting existing files in /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/rpt/nodenames Read the comments! Directories need to be defined! Also I am open to any and all suggestions on improving this. I think it might be a useful script to include in the arm-allstar distributions. You can call this anything you want to test.. Be sure to make it executable. # !/bin/bash # # Originally Created by Marshall Dias # Modified by Doug, WA3DSP 8/18/2015 # Script to write Calls to /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/rpt/nodenames # which will then be used in place of node numbers. This script # will NOT overwrite exisitng files. # # If you want to start clean and delete all nodename files do # rm -rf /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/rpt/nodenames/* # or delete just the files you want to replace. # See all comments below # Set the source directory to the Allstar database on your system. # 'locate astdb.txt' This file will exist if you are running any of the # images from hamvoip.org or you have installed allmon or lsnodes on # your system. For the BBB and RPi2 it will generally be /var/log/asterisk SRCDIR=/var/log/asterisk # Set the destination directory. I recommend a test directory as shown at first. # The final destination would be /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/rpt/nodenames #DESTDIR=/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/rpt/nodenames DESTDIR=/tmp/nodes # Definitions of sound file directories NODENAMES=/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/rpt/nodenames LETTERS=/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/letters NUMBERS=/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/digits STRING="" while IFS='|' read f1 f2 f3 f4 do echo "Processing Node Number: $f1 - Callsign: $f2" STRING="" foo=${f2,,} for (( i=0; i<${#foo}; i++ )); do char=${foo:$i:1} case ${foo:$i:1} in [0-9]*) FILENAME=$NUMBERS/$char.gsm ;; "/") FILENAME=$LETTERS/slash.gsm ;; "-") FILENAME=$LETTERS/dash.gsm ;; [a-z]*|[A-Z]*) FILENAME=$LETTERS/$char.gsm ;; esac STRING="$STRING $FILENAME" done if [ -f "$DESTDIR/$f1.gsm" ] then echo "$DESTDIR/$f1.gsm exists - not overwriting" else cat $STRING > "$DESTDIR/$f1.gsm" fi done < $SRCDIR/astdb.txt # End of script 73 Doug WA3DSP http://www.crompton.com/hamradio