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cmus is a terminal music player. The keybinds and actions are very vim-like.
# Install cmus in Debian sudo apt install cmus
There is a man page with lots of information.
# Read cmus documentation man cmus
Or, when inside the app, press 7
to view the help tab. 1-6 are the other tabs.
7
# Add music from disk :add ~/Music
Alternatively, press 5
to view the file browser. Find the file or directory you want to add, and press a
to add it.
# Remove all music from list :clear
Press 1
or 2
to browse the library. View 1 is the sorted tree view. View 2 is the flat list of all songs.
To search, type /
and enter the phrase. Press n
to find next occurrence and SHIFT-n
to go backwards.
You can press x
to start the player, or use the commands like :player-play
. Remember there is auto-complete, and hotkey 7
available if you need help.
# To play, press `x`, or run commands: :player-play :player-pause :player-stop
If you find a song you want to play in the browser, just press ENTER on the song to play it.
Press 3
to view the tab with playlists.
Playlists are stored in .config/cmus/playlists
.
Create a playlist with :pl-create My Favorites
.