PulseAudio is a networked low-latency sound server for Linux, POSIX and Windows systems.
-h | --help
Show help.
--version
Show version information.
-s | --server=SERVER
Choose the server to connect to.
-n | --client-name=NAME
Specify the client name pactl shall pass to the server when connecting.
stat
Dump a few statistics about the PulseAudio daemon.
list
Dump all currently loaded modules, available sinks, sources, streams and clients.
exit
Asks the PulseAudio server to terminate.
upload-sample FILENAME [NAME]
Upload a sound from the specified audio file into the sample cache. The file types supported are those understood by libsndfile. The sample in the cache is named after the audio file, unless the name is explicitly specified.
play-sample NAME [SINK]
Play the specified sample from the sample cache. It is played on the default sink, unless the symbolic name or the numerical index of the sink to play it on is specified.
remove-sample NAME
Remove the specified sample from the sample cache.
move-sink-input ID SINK
Move the specified playback stream (identified by its numerical index) to the specified sink (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).
move-source-output ID SOURCE
Move the specified recording stream (identified by its numerical index) to the specified source (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).
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