How to get volume level from the command line?
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I have a text status bar on a tiling window manager and I am using tcl to feed information to it. At the moment I need a command line that output the volume level 0% to 100%. I am using Arch Linux.
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I have a text status bar on a tiling window manager and I am using tcl to feed information to it. At the moment I need a command line that output the volume level 0% to 100%. I am using Arch Linux.
command-line arch-linux scripting volume
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Looks like you should be able to do it by parsing/var/lib/alsa/asound.state.
– jordanm
Sep 5 '13 at 19:22
I just found amixer. Thanks
– milarepa
Sep 5 '13 at 19:51
Note: in the future, saying you're using Arch isn't really relevant. What actually matters is what sound subsystem you're using, e.g. ALSA, OSS or PulseAudio.
– strugee
Sep 5 '13 at 19:55
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Instead of adding "closed" to your title, you should just answer your own question and leave it
– jordanm
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I have a text status bar on a tiling window manager and I am using tcl to feed information to it. At the moment I need a command line that output the volume level 0% to 100%. I am using Arch Linux.
command-line arch-linux scripting volume
edited Sep 5 '13 at 22:39
Gilles
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asked Sep 5 '13 at 18:57
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I have a text status bar on a tiling window manager and I am using tcl to feed information to it. At the moment I need a command line that output the volume level 0% to 100%. I am using Arch Linux.
command-line arch-linux scripting volume
command-line arch-linux scripting volume
edited Sep 5 '13 at 22:39
Gilles
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asked Sep 5 '13 at 18:57
milarepa
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edited Sep 5 '13 at 22:39
Gilles
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asked Sep 5 '13 at 18:57
milarepa
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edited Sep 5 '13 at 22:39
Gilles
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edited Sep 5 '13 at 22:39
Gilles
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edited Sep 5 '13 at 22:39
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asked Sep 5 '13 at 18:57
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asked Sep 5 '13 at 18:57
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asked Sep 5 '13 at 18:57
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Looks like you should be able to do it by parsing/var/lib/alsa/asound.state.
– jordanm
Sep 5 '13 at 19:22
I just found amixer. Thanks
– milarepa
Sep 5 '13 at 19:51
Note: in the future, saying you're using Arch isn't really relevant. What actually matters is what sound subsystem you're using, e.g. ALSA, OSS or PulseAudio.
– strugee
Sep 5 '13 at 19:55
1
Instead of adding "closed" to your title, you should just answer your own question and leave it
– jordanm
Sep 5 '13 at 19:55
add a comment |
Looks like you should be able to do it by parsing/var/lib/alsa/asound.state.
– jordanm
Sep 5 '13 at 19:22
I just found amixer. Thanks
– milarepa
Sep 5 '13 at 19:51
Note: in the future, saying you're using Arch isn't really relevant. What actually matters is what sound subsystem you're using, e.g. ALSA, OSS or PulseAudio.
– strugee
Sep 5 '13 at 19:55
1
Instead of adding "closed" to your title, you should just answer your own question and leave it
– jordanm
Sep 5 '13 at 19:55
Looks like you should be able to do it by parsing
/var/lib/alsa/asound.state.– jordanm
Sep 5 '13 at 19:22
Looks like you should be able to do it by parsing
/var/lib/alsa/asound.state.– jordanm
Sep 5 '13 at 19:22
I just found amixer. Thanks
– milarepa
Sep 5 '13 at 19:51
I just found amixer. Thanks
– milarepa
Sep 5 '13 at 19:51
Note: in the future, saying you're using Arch isn't really relevant. What actually matters is what sound subsystem you're using, e.g. ALSA, OSS or PulseAudio.
– strugee
Sep 5 '13 at 19:55
Note: in the future, saying you're using Arch isn't really relevant. What actually matters is what sound subsystem you're using, e.g. ALSA, OSS or PulseAudio.
– strugee
Sep 5 '13 at 19:55
1
1
Instead of adding "closed" to your title, you should just answer your own question and leave it
– jordanm
Sep 5 '13 at 19:55
Instead of adding "closed" to your title, you should just answer your own question and leave it
– jordanm
Sep 5 '13 at 19:55
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A one-liner to parse amixer's output for volume in a status bar:
awk -F"" '/dB/ print $2 ' <(amixer sget Master)answered Sep 5 '13 at 20:58
jasonwryan
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what doesmean?
– approximatenumber
May 24 '16 at 14:44
3
@approximatenumber It sets the field separator as either]or[.
– jasonwryan
May 24 '16 at 18:38
Cool. I didn't know you could have a regex for theF
– mihai
Mar 15 '17 at 17:33
How would you store this command in a variable ?
– mike23
Jan 16 at 21:18
@mike23vol=$(awk '/%/ gsub(/[[]]/,""); print $4' <(amixer sget Master))
– jasonwryan
Jan 16 at 21:20
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You can use amixer to do this.
Examples
$ amixer get Master
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 65536 [100%] [off]
Front Right: Playback 65536 [100%] [off]
You can also change it and mute it like so:
set volume 75%
$ amixer set Master 75%
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 49152 [75%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 49152 [75%] [on]
mute/unmute
$ amixer set Master toggle
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 65536 [100%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 65536 [100%] [on]
You can quiet the output if you don't want to see any of it with the --quiet switch.
$ amixer --quiet set Master 75%
$
answered Sep 5 '13 at 20:43
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Right
amixer sget Master | grep 'Right:' | awk -F'' ' print $2 '
85%
Left
amixer sget Master | grep 'Left:' | awk -F'' ' print $2 '
85%
Sound server
If you are not using pulseaudio as default you can specify to amixer what server to use with -D pulse
amixer -D pulse sget Master | grep 'Left:' | awk -F'' ' print $2 '
85%
answered Apr 7 at 13:56
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3 Answers
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3 Answers
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active
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active
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up vote
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A one-liner to parse amixer's output for volume in a status bar:
awk -F"" '/dB/ print $2 ' <(amixer sget Master)answered Sep 5 '13 at 20:58
jasonwryan
48.5k14133182
what doesmean?
– approximatenumber
May 24 '16 at 14:44
3
@approximatenumber It sets the field separator as either]or[.
– jasonwryan
May 24 '16 at 18:38
Cool. I didn't know you could have a regex for theF
– mihai
Mar 15 '17 at 17:33
How would you store this command in a variable ?
– mike23
Jan 16 at 21:18
@mike23vol=$(awk '/%/ gsub(/[[]]/,""); print $4' <(amixer sget Master))
– jasonwryan
Jan 16 at 21:20
add a comment |
up vote
11
down vote
accepted
A one-liner to parse amixer's output for volume in a status bar:
awk -F"" '/dB/ print $2 ' <(amixer sget Master)answered Sep 5 '13 at 20:58
jasonwryan
48.5k14133182
what doesmean?
– approximatenumber
May 24 '16 at 14:44
3
@approximatenumber It sets the field separator as either]or[.
– jasonwryan
May 24 '16 at 18:38
Cool. I didn't know you could have a regex for theF
– mihai
Mar 15 '17 at 17:33
How would you store this command in a variable ?
– mike23
Jan 16 at 21:18
@mike23vol=$(awk '/%/ gsub(/[[]]/,""); print $4' <(amixer sget Master))
– jasonwryan
Jan 16 at 21:20
add a comment |
up vote
11
down vote
accepted
up vote
11
down vote
accepted
A one-liner to parse amixer's output for volume in a status bar:
awk -F"" '/dB/ print $2 ' <(amixer sget Master)answered Sep 5 '13 at 20:58
jasonwryan
48.5k14133182
A one-liner to parse amixer's output for volume in a status bar:
awk -F"" '/dB/ print $2 ' <(amixer sget Master)answered Sep 5 '13 at 20:58
jasonwryan
48.5k14133182
answered Sep 5 '13 at 20:58
jasonwryan
48.5k14133182
answered Sep 5 '13 at 20:58
jasonwryan
48.5k14133182
answered Sep 5 '13 at 20:58
jasonwryan
48.5k14133182
48.5k14133182
what doesmean?
– approximatenumber
May 24 '16 at 14:44
3
@approximatenumber It sets the field separator as either]or[.
– jasonwryan
May 24 '16 at 18:38
Cool. I didn't know you could have a regex for theF
– mihai
Mar 15 '17 at 17:33
How would you store this command in a variable ?
– mike23
Jan 16 at 21:18
@mike23vol=$(awk '/%/ gsub(/[[]]/,""); print $4' <(amixer sget Master))
– jasonwryan
Jan 16 at 21:20
add a comment |
what doesmean?
– approximatenumber
May 24 '16 at 14:44
3
@approximatenumber It sets the field separator as either]or[.
– jasonwryan
May 24 '16 at 18:38
Cool. I didn't know you could have a regex for theF
– mihai
Mar 15 '17 at 17:33
How would you store this command in a variable ?
– mike23
Jan 16 at 21:18
@mike23vol=$(awk '/%/ gsub(/[[]]/,""); print $4' <(amixer sget Master))
– jasonwryan
Jan 16 at 21:20
what does
– approximatenumber
May 24 '16 at 14:44
what does
– approximatenumber
May 24 '16 at 14:44
3
3
@approximatenumber It sets the field separator as either
] or [.– jasonwryan
May 24 '16 at 18:38
@approximatenumber It sets the field separator as either
] or [.– jasonwryan
May 24 '16 at 18:38
Cool. I didn't know you could have a regex for the
F– mihai
Mar 15 '17 at 17:33
Cool. I didn't know you could have a regex for the
F– mihai
Mar 15 '17 at 17:33
How would you store this command in a variable ?
– mike23
Jan 16 at 21:18
How would you store this command in a variable ?
– mike23
Jan 16 at 21:18
@mike23
vol=$(awk '/%/ gsub(/[[]]/,""); print $4' <(amixer sget Master))– jasonwryan
Jan 16 at 21:20
@mike23
vol=$(awk '/%/ gsub(/[[]]/,""); print $4' <(amixer sget Master))– jasonwryan
Jan 16 at 21:20
add a comment |
up vote
8
down vote
You can use amixer to do this.
Examples
$ amixer get Master
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 65536 [100%] [off]
Front Right: Playback 65536 [100%] [off]
You can also change it and mute it like so:
set volume 75%
$ amixer set Master 75%
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 49152 [75%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 49152 [75%] [on]
mute/unmute
$ amixer set Master toggle
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 65536 [100%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 65536 [100%] [on]
You can quiet the output if you don't want to see any of it with the --quiet switch.
$ amixer --quiet set Master 75%
$
answered Sep 5 '13 at 20:43
slm♦
243k66502669
add a comment |
up vote
8
down vote
You can use amixer to do this.
Examples
$ amixer get Master
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 65536 [100%] [off]
Front Right: Playback 65536 [100%] [off]
You can also change it and mute it like so:
set volume 75%
$ amixer set Master 75%
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 49152 [75%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 49152 [75%] [on]
mute/unmute
$ amixer set Master toggle
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 65536 [100%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 65536 [100%] [on]
You can quiet the output if you don't want to see any of it with the --quiet switch.
$ amixer --quiet set Master 75%
$
answered Sep 5 '13 at 20:43
slm♦
243k66502669
add a comment |
up vote
8
down vote
up vote
8
down vote
You can use amixer to do this.
Examples
$ amixer get Master
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 65536 [100%] [off]
Front Right: Playback 65536 [100%] [off]
You can also change it and mute it like so:
set volume 75%
$ amixer set Master 75%
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 49152 [75%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 49152 [75%] [on]
mute/unmute
$ amixer set Master toggle
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 65536 [100%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 65536 [100%] [on]
You can quiet the output if you don't want to see any of it with the --quiet switch.
$ amixer --quiet set Master 75%
$
answered Sep 5 '13 at 20:43
slm♦
243k66502669
You can use amixer to do this.
Examples
$ amixer get Master
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 65536 [100%] [off]
Front Right: Playback 65536 [100%] [off]
You can also change it and mute it like so:
set volume 75%
$ amixer set Master 75%
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 49152 [75%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 49152 [75%] [on]
mute/unmute
$ amixer set Master toggle
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 65536 [100%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 65536 [100%] [on]
You can quiet the output if you don't want to see any of it with the --quiet switch.
$ amixer --quiet set Master 75%
$
answered Sep 5 '13 at 20:43
slm♦
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answered Sep 5 '13 at 20:43
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answered Sep 5 '13 at 20:43
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Right
amixer sget Master | grep 'Right:' | awk -F'' ' print $2 '
85%
Left
amixer sget Master | grep 'Left:' | awk -F'' ' print $2 '
85%
Sound server
If you are not using pulseaudio as default you can specify to amixer what server to use with -D pulse
amixer -D pulse sget Master | grep 'Left:' | awk -F'' ' print $2 '
85%
answered Apr 7 at 13:56
intika
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Right
amixer sget Master | grep 'Right:' | awk -F'' ' print $2 '
85%
Left
amixer sget Master | grep 'Left:' | awk -F'' ' print $2 '
85%
Sound server
If you are not using pulseaudio as default you can specify to amixer what server to use with -D pulse
amixer -D pulse sget Master | grep 'Left:' | awk -F'' ' print $2 '
85%
answered Apr 7 at 13:56
intika
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Right
amixer sget Master | grep 'Right:' | awk -F'' ' print $2 '
85%
Left
amixer sget Master | grep 'Left:' | awk -F'' ' print $2 '
85%
Sound server
If you are not using pulseaudio as default you can specify to amixer what server to use with -D pulse
amixer -D pulse sget Master | grep 'Left:' | awk -F'' ' print $2 '
85%
answered Apr 7 at 13:56
intika
1695
Right
amixer sget Master | grep 'Right:' | awk -F'' ' print $2 '
85%
Left
amixer sget Master | grep 'Left:' | awk -F'' ' print $2 '
85%
Sound server
If you are not using pulseaudio as default you can specify to amixer what server to use with -D pulse
amixer -D pulse sget Master | grep 'Left:' | awk -F'' ' print $2 '
85%
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intika
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Looks like you should be able to do it by parsing
/var/lib/alsa/asound.state.– jordanm
Sep 5 '13 at 19:22
I just found amixer. Thanks
– milarepa
Sep 5 '13 at 19:51
Note: in the future, saying you're using Arch isn't really relevant. What actually matters is what sound subsystem you're using, e.g. ALSA, OSS or PulseAudio.
– strugee
Sep 5 '13 at 19:55
1
Instead of adding "closed" to your title, you should just answer your own question and leave it
– jordanm
Sep 5 '13 at 19:55