1pactl(1)                    General Commands Manual                   pactl(1)
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NAME

6       pactl - Control a running PulseAudio sound server
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SYNOPSIS

9       pactl [options] stat
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11       pactl [options] list
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13       pactl [options] exit
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15       pactl [options] upload-sample FILENAME [NAME]
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17       pactl [options] play-sample NAME [SINK]
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19       pactl [options] remove-sample NAME
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21       pactl [options] move-sink-input ID SINK
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23       pactl [options] move-source-input ID SOURCE
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25       pactl [options] load-module NAME [ARGUMENTS ...]
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27       pactl [options] unload-module ID
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29       pactl [options] suspend-sink [SINK] 1|0
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31       pactl [options] suspend-source [SOURCE] 1|0
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33       pactl --help
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DESCRIPTION

38       pactl  can  be  used  to issue control commands to the PulseAudio sound
39       server.
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41       pactl only exposes a subset of the available operations. For  the  full
42       set use the pacmd(1).
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OPTIONS

45       -h | --help
46              Show help.
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48       --version
49              Show version information.
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51       -s | --server=SERVER
52              Choose the server to connect to.
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54       -n | --client-name=NAME
55              Specify the client name pactl shall pass to the server when con‐
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58       stat   Dump a few statistics about the PulseAudio daemon.
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60       list   Dump all currently loaded  modules,  available  sinks,  sources,
61              streams and clients.
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63       exit   Asks the PulseAudio server to terminate.
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65       upload-sample FILENAME [NAME]
66              Upload  a  sound  from  the specified audio file into the sample
67              cache. The file types supported are those understood by  libsnd‐
68              file.  The  sample  in  the cache is named after the audio file,
69              unless the name is explicitly specified.
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71       play-sample NAME [SINK]
72              Play the specified sample from the sample cache. It is played on
73              the  default  sink,  unless  the  symbolic name or the numerical
74              index of the sink to play it on is specified.
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76       remove-sample NAME
77              Remove the specified sample from the sample cache.
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79       move-sink-input ID SINK
80              Move the specified playback stream (identified by its  numerical
81              index) to the specified sink (identified by its symbolic name or
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84       move-source-output ID SOURCE
85              Move the specified recording stream (identified by its numerical
86              index)  to the specified source (identified by its symbolic name
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89       load-module NAME [ARGUMENTS ...]
90              Load the specified module with the specified arguments into  the
91              running  sound  server.  Prints  the numeric index of the module
92              just loaded to STDOUT. You can  use  it  to  unload  the  module
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95       unload-module ID
96              Unload  the  module instance identified by the specified numeric
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99       unload-module ID
100              Unload the module instance identified by the  specified  numeric
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103       suspend-sink SINK 1|0
104              Suspend  or  resume  the  specified  sink (which my be specified
105              either by its symbolic name, or by its numeric index), depending
106              whether  1  (suspend)  or 0 (resume) is passed as last argument.
107              Suspending a sink will pause all playback. Depending on the mod‐
108              ule  implementing  the  sink this might have the effect that the
109              underlying device is  closed,  making  it  available  for  other
110              applications to use. The exact behaviour depends on the module.
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112       suspend-source SOURCE 1|0
113              Suspend  or  resume  the specified source (which my be specified
114              either by its symbolic name, or by its numeric index), depending
115              whether  1  (suspend)  or 0 (resume) is passed as last argument.
116              Suspending a source will pause all capturing. Depending  on  the
117              module  implementing  the source this might have the effect that
118              the underlying device is closed, making it available  for  other
119              applications to use. The exact behaviour depends on the module.
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AUTHORS

122       The  PulseAudio  Developers  <mzchyfrnhqvb  (at)  0pointer  (dot) net>;
123       PulseAudio is available from http://pulseaudio.org/
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SEE ALSO

126       pulseaudio(1), pacmd(1)
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