pamixer(1) General Commands Manual pamixer(1)

pamixer - Pulseaudio command line mixer

pamixer [OPTIONS]

pamixer controls the volume levels of Pulseaudio sinks and sources.


Show help message.

Choose a different sink than the default.

Choose a different source than the default.

Select the default source.

Get the current volume.

Get the current volume percentage or the string "muted".

Set the volume.

Increase the volume.

Decrease the volume.

Switch between mute and unmute.
Set mute.

Allow volume to go above 100%.

Increase/decrease using gamma correction e.g. 2.2.

Unset mute.

Display true if the volume is mute, false otherwise.

List the sinks.

List the sources.

Will decrease the volume by 5% on the default sink.
Will mute source 2.

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