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NAME

6       Exaile - music manager and player
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SYNOPSIS

9       exaile [OPTION...] [LOCATION...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Launch  Exaile,  optionally  adding tracks specified by LOCATION to the
13       active playlist. If Exaile is already running, this attempts to use the
14       existing instance instead of creating a new one.
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16   Playback Options:
17       -n, --next
18              Play the next track
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20       -p, --prev
21              Play the previous track
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23       -s, --stop
24              Stop playback
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26       -a, --play
27              Play
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29       -u, --pause
30              Pause
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32       -t, --play-pause
33              Pause or resume playback
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35       --stop-after-current
36              Stop playback after current track
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38   Collection Options:
39       --add LOCATION
40              Add tracks from LOCATION to the collection
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42   Playlist Options:
43       --export-playlist LOCATION
44              Export the current playlist to LOCATION
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46   Track Options:
47       -q, --query
48              Query player
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50       --format-query FORMAT
51              Retrieve  the  current  playback  state and track information as
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54       --format-query-tags TAGS
55              Tags to retrieve from the current track; use with --format-query
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57       --gui-query
58              Show a popup with data of the current track
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60       --get-title
61              Print the title of current track
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63       --get-album
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66       --get-artist
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69       --get-length
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72       --set-rating N
73              Set rating for current track to N%
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75       --get-rating
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78       --current-position
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81       --current-progress
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84   Volume Options:
85       -i N, --increase-vol N
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88       -l N, --decrease-vol N
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91       -m, --toggle-mute
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94       --get-volume
95              Print the current volume percentage
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97   Other Options:
98       --new  Start new instance
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100       -h, --help
101              Show this help message and exit
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103       --version
104              Show program's version number and exit.
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106       --start-minimized
107              Start minimized (to tray, if possible)
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109       --toggle-visible
110              Toggle visibility of the GUI (if possible)
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112       --safemode
113              Start in safe mode - sometimes useful when you're  running  into
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116       --force-import
117              Force  import of old data from version 0.2.x (overwrites current
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120       --no-import
121              Do not import old data from version 0.2.x
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123       --start-anyway
124              Make control options like --play start Exaile if it is not  run‐
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127       --use-lang USELANGUAGE
128              Locale to use for Exaile
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130   Development/Debug Options:
131       --datadir DIRECTORY
132              Set data directory
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134       --all-data-dir DIRECTORY
135              Set data and config directory
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137       --modulefilter MODULE
138              Limit log output to MODULE
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140       --levelfilter LEVEL
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143       --debug
144              Show debugging output
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146       --eventdebug
147              Enable debugging of xl.event. Generates lots of output
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149       --eventdebug-full
150              Enable full debugging of xl.event. Generates LOTS of output
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152       --threaddebug
153              Add thread name to logging messages.
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155       --eventfilter TYPE
156              Limit xl.event debug to output of TYPE
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158       --quiet
159              Reduce level of output
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161       --startgui
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163       --no-dbus
164              Disable D-Bus support
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166       --no-hal
167              Disable HAL support.
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