---
name: "dr_unsort"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "draai"
version: "20250202-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dr_unsort"
---

# dr\_unsort(1)

dr\_unsort - unsort the current mpd playlist

dr\_unsort dr\_unsort invokes [unsort(1)](/unsort/1.md) on the current audio playlist as used by mpd. Use it if you'd like some variation in your music. If The\_Beatles/The\_White\_Album\_I/03-Glass\_Onion.ogg is the current playing track and your current playlist looks like

```
  Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/01 Brainfeeder.mp3
  The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/01-Back_in_the_U.S.S.R..ogg
  The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/02-Dear_Prudence.ogg
> The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/03-Glass_Onion.ogg
  The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/04-Ob-La-Di,_Ob-La-Da.ogg
  The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/05-Wild_Honey_Pie.ogg
  The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/06-The_Continuing_Story_of_Bungalow_Bill.ogg
  The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/07-While_My_Guitar_Gently_Weeps.ogg
  Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/02 Breathe . Something_Stellar STar.mp3
  Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/03 Beginners Falafel.mp3
  Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/04 Camel.mp3
  Napalm_Death/The_Peel_Sessions/01-The_Kill-Prison_Without_Walls-Dead_Part_1.mp3
  Napalm_Death/The_Peel_Sessions/02-Deceiver-Lucid_Fairytale-In_Extremis.mp3
  Napalm_Death/The_Peel_Sessions/03-Blind_To_The_Truth-Negative_Approach-Common_Enemy.mp3
  Napalm_Death/The_Peel_Sessions/04-Obstinate_Direction-Life-You_Suffer_Pt_2.mp3
  Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/05 Melt!.mp3
  Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/06 Comet Course.mp3
  Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/07 Orbit 405.mp3
  Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/08 Golden Diva.mp3
```

```

```

invoking dr\_unsort will yield something like e.g.

```
  Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/01 Brainfeeder.mp3
  The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/01-Back_in_the_U.S.S.R..ogg
  The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/02-Dear_Prudence.ogg
> The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/03-Glass_Onion.ogg
  Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/02 Breathe . Something_Stellar STar.mp3
  The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/04-Ob-La-Di,_Ob-La-Da.ogg
  Napalm_Death/The_Peel_Sessions/01-The_Kill-Prison_Without_Walls-Dead_Part_1.mp3
  Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/03 Beginners Falafel.mp3
  The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/05-Wild_Honey_Pie.ogg
  Napalm_Death/The_Peel_Sessions/02-Deceiver-Lucid_Fairytale-In_Extremis.mp3
  Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/04 Camel.mp3
  The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/06-The_Continuing_Story_of_Bungalow_Bill.ogg
  Napalm_Death/The_Peel_Sessions/03-Blind_To_The_Truth-Negative_Approach-Common_Enemy.mp3
  Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/05 Melt!.mp3
  The_Beatles/The_White_Album_I/07-While_My_Guitar_Gently_Weeps.ogg
  Napalm_Death/The_Peel_Sessions/04-Obstinate_Direction-Life-You_Suffer_Pt_2.mp3
  Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/06 Comet Course.mp3
  Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/07 Orbit 405.mp3
  Flying_Lotus/Los_Angeles/08 Golden Diva.mp3
```

```

```

Due to limitations in the mpc/mpd protocol, dr\_unsort needs filesystem level write access to mpd's playlist directory. dr\_unsort honors strings DR\_PLAYLISTS (mpd's playlist directory) and DR\_UNSORT (unsort pathname). [unsort(1)](/unsort/1.md), available from http://packages.debian.org/unsort. This manpage is copyright 2010, 2011 Joost van Baal-Ilić \<joostvb-draai@mdcc.cx\>. Draai is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with draai. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. Joost van Baal-Ilić \<joostvb-draai@mdcc.cx\>