adding any2flac convenience utility

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diff --git a/dotfiles/system/.local/bin/any2flac b/dotfiles/system/.local/bin/any2flac
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net>
+
+
+function print_help {
+    echo "Converts an audio or video to flac audio and removes all metadata tags."
+    echo "This script requires ffmpeg and metaflac."; echo ""
+    echo "Usage: any2flac [filename]"
+    echo "Parameter: filename - name of the file to convert."
+}
+
+# Check for help argument
+if [ "$1" == "-h" ] || [ "$1" == "--help" ]; then
+    print_help
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Check if filename is passed
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Must name an audio file to convert. Exiting."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check for the existence of ffmpeg
+if ! command -v ffmpeg &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "ffmpeg could not be found. Please install it first."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check for the existence of metaflac
+if ! command -v metaflac &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "metaflac could not be found. Please install it first."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Converting to flac format. This may take a while..."
+# convert to flac
+ffmpeg -i "$1" -vn -c:a flac "${1%.*}.flac"
+
+echo "Removing all tags."
+# remove all tags
+metaflac --remove-all-tags "${1%.*}.flac"
+
+echo ""; echo "Done."