Every time I need to do this, I forget where I found it. This information is copied from here.
Vorbis ogg:
vorbisgain -arfs *
mp3 (using mp3gain):
find -type d -exec sh -c "mp3gain \"{}\"/*.mp3" \;
mp4 and mp3:
find -type d -exec sh -c "mp3gain \"{}\"/*.mp3" \;
mpc:
find -type d -exec sh -c "mp3gain \"{}\"/*.mpc" \;
flac: just use the –replay-gain option when encoding or use the following (treating all the flacs as one album!):
find originals -name "*.flac" -type f -print0 | xargs -0 metaflac --preserve-modtime --add-replay-gain
or you can create the following small script and call it with the name of your base directory (/srv/music, or something like that). This will treat all songs in one directory as one album.
#!/bin/sh
basedir=${1:-.}
IFS="
"
for dir in `find $basedir -type d`; do
ls $dir/*.flac >/dev/null 2>&1 && metaflac --add-replay-gain $dir/*.flac
done