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spotify — A command-line interface to Spotify. More information: <https://github.com/hnarayanan/shpotify#usage

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Problem

How to use the spotify command: A command-line interface to Spotify. More information: <https://github.com/hnarayanan/shpotify#usage>.

Solution

spotify — A command-line interface to Spotify. More information: <https://github.com/hnarayanan/shpotify#usage>.

Find a song by name and play it:

spotify play {{song_name}}

Find a playlist by name and play it:

spotify play list {{playlist_name}}

Pause (or resume) playback:

spotify pause

Skip to the next song in a playlist:

spotify next

Change volume:

spotify vol {{up|down|value}}

Show the playback status and song details:

spotify status

Code Snippets

Find a song by name and play it

spotify play {{song_name}}

Find a playlist by name and play it

spotify play list {{playlist_name}}

Pause (or resume) playback

spotify pause

Skip to the next song in a playlist

spotify next

Change volume

spotify vol {{up|down|value}}

Context

tldr-pages: osx/spotify

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