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29 is a music player daemon and command-line utility that plays music
31 The server is automatically started when the user interacts with
32 it, but it can be started manually by running
34 without any arguments.
36 The following options are available:
40 if this option is specified,
42 will run in the foreground and log to
44 It's ignored if any commands are given on the command line.
46 Produce more verbose output.
50 instead of the default
52 to communicate with the daemon.
55 The following commands are available:
58 Start or resume the playback.
62 Play/pause the playback.
64 Stop the music player.
66 Rewind the current song to the beginning.
68 Enqueue the given files.
72 Print the current playlist.
77 list with the current playing song prefixed by
80 Print playback status and current song.
84 Play the previous song.
85 .It Cm load Op Ar file
88 which has one song per line.
89 If not specified, reads from
91 .It Cm jump Ar pattern
92 Play the first song in the playing queue that matches
97 Commands can be also abbreviated to the smallest unique prefix,
100 can be given instead of
103 .Bl -tag -width "/tmp/amused-$UID" -compact
104 .It Pa /tmp/amused-$UID
105 UNIX-domain socket used for communication with the daemon.
108 Enqueue all mp3 files in the current directory:
109 .Bd -literal -offset indent
113 Recursively add all opus files:
114 .Bd -literal -offset indent
115 $ find . -type f -iname \\*.opus -exec amused add {} +
118 Save the state of the player to the file
120 .Bd -literal -offset indent
121 $ amused show > state
124 Load a previous state:
125 .Bd -literal -offset indent
126 $ amused load < state
129 Randomize the current playlist:
130 .Bd -literal -offset indent
131 $ amused show | sort -R | amused load
135 .Bd -literal -offset indent
136 $ amused show | sort | uniq | amused load
141 .Bd -literal -offset indent
142 $ amused jump "$(amused show | fzf +s)"
148 utility was written by
149 .An Omar Polo Aq Mt op@openbsd.org .