audacious Command Examples

An open-source audio player. Indirectly based on XMMS. See also: audtool, clementine, mpc, ncmpcpp. More information: https://audacious-media-player.org.

• Launch the GUI:

audacious

• Start a new instance and play an audio:

audacious --new-instance {{path/to/audio}}

• Enqueue a specific directory of audio files:

audacious --enqueue {{path/to/directory}}

• Start or stop playback:

audacious --play-pause

• Skip forwards ([fwd]) or backwards ([rew]) in the playlist:

audacious --{{fwd|rew}}

• Stop playback:

audacious --stop

• Start in CLI mode (headless):

audacious --headless

• Exit as soon as playback stops or there is nothing to playback:

audacious --quit-after-play