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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
93 Commands can be also abbreviated to the smallest unique prefix,
96 can be given instead of
99 .Bl -tag -width "/tmp/amused-$UID" -compact
100 .It Pa /tmp/amused-$UID
101 UNIX-domain socket used for communication with the daemon.
104 Enqueue all mp3 files in the current directory:
105 .Bd -literal -offset indent
109 Recursively add all opus files:
110 .Bd -literal -offset indent
111 $ find . -type f -iname \\*.opus -exec amused add {} +
114 Save the state of the player to the file
116 .Bd -literal -offset indent
117 $ amused show > state
120 Load a previous state:
121 .Bd -literal -offset indent
122 $ amused load < state
125 Randomize the current playlist:
126 .Bd -literal -offset indent
127 $ amused show | sort -R | amused load
131 .Bd -literal -offset indent
132 $ amused show | sort | uniq | amused load
138 utility was written by
139 .An Omar Polo Aq Mt op@openbsd.org .