exaile1
Music manager and player
Usage
exaile [OPTION ...]
[LOCATION ...]
Overview
Launch Exaile, optionally adding tracks specified by LOCATION to the active playlist. If Exaile is already running, this attempts to use the existing instance instead of creating a new one.
Playback Options:
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-n, --next -
Play the next track
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-p, --prev -
Play the previous track
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-s, --stop -
Stop playback
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-a, --play -
Play
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-u, --pause -
Pause
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-t, --play-pause -
Pause or resume playback
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--stop-after-current -
Stop playback after current track
Collection Options:
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--add LOCATION -
Add tracks from LOCATION to the collection
Playlist Options:
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--export-playlist LOCATION -
Export the current playlist to LOCATION
Track Options:
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-q, --query -
Query player
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--format-query FORMAT -
Retrieve the current playback state and track information as FORMAT
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--format-query-tags TAGS -
Tags to retrieve from the current track; use with
--format-query
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--gui-query -
Show a popup with data of the current track
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--get-title -
Print the title of current track
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--get-album -
Print the album of current track
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--get-artist -
Print the artist of current track
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--get-length -
Print the length of current track
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--set-rating N -
Set rating for current track to N%
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--get-rating -
Get rating for current track
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--current-position -
Print the current playback position as time
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--current-progress -
Print the current playback progress as percentage
Volume Options:
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-i, --increase-vol N -
Increase the volume by N%
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-l, --decrease-vol N -
Decrease the volume by N%
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-m, --toggle-mute -
Mute or unmute the volume
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--get-volume -
Print the current volume percentage
Other Options:
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--new -
Start new instance
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-h, --help -
Show this help message and exit
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--version -
Show program's version number and exit.
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--start-minimized -
Start minimized (to tray, if possible)
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--toggle-visible -
Toggle visibility of the GUI (if possible)
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--safemode -
Start in safe mode - sometimes useful when you're running into problems
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--force-import -
Force import of old data from version 0.2.x (overwrites current data)
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--no-import -
Do not import old data from version 0.2.x
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--start-anyway -
Make control options like
--playstart Exaile if it is not running
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--use-lang USELANGUAGE -
Locale to use for Exaile
Development/Debug Options:
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--datadir DIRECTORY -
Set data directory
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--all-data-dir DIRECTORY -
Set data and config directory
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--modulefilter MODULE -
Limit log output to MODULE
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--levelfilter LEVEL -
Limit log output to LEVEL
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--debug -
Show debugging output
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--eventdebug -
Enable debugging of xl.event. Generates lots of output
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--eventdebug-full -
Enable full debugging of xl.event. Generates LOTS of output
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--threaddebug -
Add thread name to logging messages.
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--eventfilter TYPE -
Limit xl.event debug to output of TYPE
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--quiet -
Reduce level of output
--startgui
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--no-dbus -
Disable D-Bus support
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--no-hal -
Disable HAL support.
History
- Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
- Debian 8 (Jessie)
- Debian 7 (Wheezy)
- Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) to Debian 5.0 (Lenny)
--add since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--all-data-dir since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--current-progress since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--datadir since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--debug since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--decrease-vol since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--eventdebug since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--eventdebug-full since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--eventfilter since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--export-playlist since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--force-import since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--format-query since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--format-query-tags since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--get-rating since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--get-volume since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--increase-vol since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--levelfilter since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--modulefilter since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--no-dbus since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--no-hal since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--no-import since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--pause since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--quiet since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--safemode since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--set-rating since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--start-anyway since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--start-minimized since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--stop-after-current since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--threaddebug since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--toggle-mute since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--toggle-visible since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--use-lang since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--version since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-m since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-u since Debian 8 (Jessie).
--decrease_vol until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--duplicates until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--increase_vol until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--play-cd until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--settings until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--stream until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-d until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).