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+#!/bin/bash
+#this script will concatenate videos listed in file vids.txt in this folder into one video
+#TODO generate the list automatically 
+
+function printHelp() {
+	echo "this program will concatenate a number of video files, as specified in a file vids.txt, into one. no arguments required. an mp4 file will be generated with a unique filename."
+	echo "in this directory must be a file name vids.txt which contains a list of the video filenames to be concated, where each line is like so: "
+	echo "        file \'path/to/file.whatever\'"
+	echo "options: "
+	echo "  -h: display help"
+	echo "  -f [format]: filetype output" 
+}
+
+if [ ! -f ./vids.txt ]; then
+	printHelp
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+d=`date +%s`
+ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i vids.txt -c copy vids-concated-${d}.mp4