Useful Shell Script to control a Rio S50 via a right-click menu

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I needed something to simplify the lame -h -b 80 "File.mp3" /tmp/output.mp3 && rioutil -s "Artist Here" -t "Song Name" -r "Album Name" -a /tmp/output.mp3 that I used to use with my Rio S50.

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#!/bin/sh

echo "Please answer the following questions to copy to Rio:"

echo -n "Would you like to convert this file to a lower bitrate to make the file smaller? (Y/N) "
read YNBITRATE

if [[ "$YNBITRATE" = "y" || "$YNBITRATE" = "Y" ]]
then
  echo "What bitrate do you want to convert this file to?"
  echo "Avaliable bitrates:"
  echo "32kbps  40kbps  48kbps  56kbps  64kbps  80kbps  96kbps"
  echo "112kbps 128kbps 160kbps 192kbps 224kbps 256kbps 320kbps"

  echo -n "Enter a bitrate: "
  read BITRATE
fi

id3info "$@"

echo "ID3 info will be lost while copying, please reenter the following information:"

echo -n "Song Name : "
read SONG

echo -n "Artist    : "
read ARTIST

echo -n "Album     : "
read ALBUM

echo

if [[ "$YNBITRATE" = "y" || "$YNBITRATE" = "Y" ]]
then
  echo "Reencoding at $BITRATE kbps"
  lame -h -b $BITRATE "$@" /tmp/output.mp3

  echo "Now copying file to Rio (requires root access):"
  sudo rioutil -s "$ARTIST" -t "$SONG" -r "$ALBUM" -a /tmp/output.mp3
else
  echo "Now copying file to Rio (requires root access):"
  sudo rioutil -s "$ARTIST" -t "$SONG" -r "$ALBUM" -a "$@"
fi

echo "Press any key to continue."
read BYE

Then I right-clicked on an MP3, open with > other application > gnome-terminal -x copytorio (I put the shellscript in /usr/bin). And it should work if I plug it in.