They're called id3 tags.  There is a version 1 and a version 2.  I
think version 2 has more information in them.  You can probably search
freshmeat for 'id3' or 'mp3' and come up with stuff.  I know there are
perl scripts that allow you to display and edit them.

-Rob

> On 20010613.1926, Timothy Bolz said ...
>
> A friend posed a question I thought one of you might be able to answer.   How
> could you extract information about song title and artist from an mp3.  I
> thought you could use grep.  Is it possible?  I don't have any mp3's to
> experiment on.
> 
> 

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