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mocp

Music on Console (MOC) audio player. More information: https://manned.org/mocp.

• Launch the MOC terminal UI:

mocp

• Launch the MOC terminal UI in a specific directory:

mocp {{path/to/directory}}

• Start the MOC server in the background, without launching the MOC terminal UI:

mocp {{[-S|--server]}}

• Add a specific song to the play queue while MOC is in the background:

mocp {{[-q|--enqueue]}} {{path/to/audio_file}}

• Add songs recursively to the play queue while MOC is in the background:

mocp {{[-a|--append]}} {{path/to/directory}}

• Clear the play queue while MOC is in the background:

mocp {{[-c|--clear]}}

• Play or stop the currently queued song while MOC is in the background:

mocp --{{play|stop}}

• Stop the MOC server while it's in the background:

mocp {{[-x|--exit]}}