cheat.sheets:pactl
# pactl
# Control a running PulseAudio sound server
# Display a sorted and uniq-ified list of PulseAudio modules, using AWK.
pactl list modules short | awk '{!Lines[$2]++} END {asorti(Lines, Sorted); for (Line in Sorted) print(Sorted[Line])}'
# Load a module.
pactl load-module MODULE
# Unload a module.
pactl unload-module MODULE
cheat:pactl
---
syntax: bash
tags: [ audio, pulseaudio ]
---
# INCREASE the volume of default sink by 2.5%
pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +2.5%
# DECREASE the volume of default sink by 2.5%
pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -2.5%
# Toggle mute the default sink
pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle
tldr:pactl
# pactl
# Control a running PulseAudio sound server.
# More information: <https://manned.org/pactl>.
# List all sinks (or other types - sinks are outputs and sink-inputs are active audio streams):
pactl list sinks short
# Change the default sink (output) to 1 (the number can be retrieved via the `list` subcommand):
pactl set-default-sink 1
# Move sink-input 627 to sink 1:
pactl move-sink-input 627 1
# Set the volume of sink 1 to 75%:
pactl set-sink-volume 1 0.75
# Toggle mute on the default sink (using the special name `@DEFAULT_SINK@`):
pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle
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