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pulseaudio-ctl — Control PulseAudio volume. More information: <https://github.com/graysky2/pulseaudio-ctl>.

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How to use the pulseaudio-ctl command: Control PulseAudio volume. More information: <https://github.com/graysky2/pulseaudio-ctl>.

pulseaudio-ctl — Control PulseAudio volume. More information: <https://github.com/graysky2/pulseaudio-ctl>.

Increase volume by 5%:

pulseaudio-ctl up

Increase volume by a specific amount:

pulseaudio-ctl up {{amount}}

Decrease volume by 5%:

pulseaudio-ctl down

Decrease volume by a specific amount:

pulseaudio-ctl down {{amount}}

Set volume to a specific percentage:

pulseaudio-ctl set {{percentage}}

Set volume to a specific percentage if the current volume is higher than the provided value:

pulseaudio-ctl atmost {{percentage}}

Toggle mute:

pulseaudio-ctl mute

Toggle microphone mute:

pulseaudio-ctl mute-input

Increase volume by 5%

pulseaudio-ctl up

Increase volume by a specific amount

pulseaudio-ctl up {{amount}}

Decrease volume by 5%

pulseaudio-ctl down

Decrease volume by a specific amount

pulseaudio-ctl down {{amount}}

Set volume to a specific percentage

pulseaudio-ctl set {{percentage}}

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