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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 Enqueue the given files.
61 .It Cm jump Ar pattern
62 Play the first song in the playing queue that matches
65 .It Cm load Op Ar file
68 which has one song per line.
69 If not specified, reads from
72 Stop indefinitely and print the events as happen.
73 Events are print one per line and are triggered either by other
76 issuing commands or the player itself anvancing the playing queue.
82 Start or resume the playback.
84 Play the previous song.
85 .It Cm repeat one|all on|off
86 Enable or disable the repetition of the current track
88 or of the playing queue
91 Rewind the current song to the beginning.
93 Print the current playlist.
98 list with the current playing song prefixed by
101 Print playback status and current song.
103 Stop the music player.
105 Play/pause the playback.
108 Commands can be also abbreviated to the smallest unique prefix,
111 can be given instead of
114 .Bl -tag -width "/tmp/amused-$UID" -compact
115 .It Pa /tmp/amused-$UID
117 socket used for communication with the daemon.
120 Enqueue all mp3 files in the current directory:
121 .Bd -literal -offset indent
125 Recursively add all opus files:
126 .Bd -literal -offset indent
127 $ find . -type f -iname \\*.opus -exec amused add {} +
130 Save the state of the player to the file
132 .Bd -literal -offset indent
133 $ amused show > state
136 Load a previous state:
137 .Bd -literal -offset indent
138 $ amused load < state
141 Randomize the current playlist:
142 .Bd -literal -offset indent
143 $ amused show | sort -R | amused load
147 .Bd -literal -offset indent
148 $ amused show | sort | uniq | amused load
153 .Bd -literal -offset indent
154 $ amused jump "$(amused show | fzf +s)"
160 utility was written by
161 .An Omar Polo Aq Mt op@openbsd.org .
164 looks at the file name to determine the file type,
166 should be used instead.