Is a music player really a productivity application? Well, if it helps you focus, then that’s a good thing.

Note: See the parent document: Using the Terminal as a Daily Driver for more about terminal productivity applications.

Cmus

To get started, check out the man page man cmus-tutorial.

Views

There are seven different views in CMUS. Each view can be accessed by pressing a number key.

  1. Artist / Album view
  2. Sorted view
  3. Playlist
  4. Play Queue
  5. Folder Browser
  6. Library Filters
  7. Settings

Basic Playback Controls

The keys on the bottom row of the keyboard are used to control music playback.

z: Previous x: Play c: Pause v: Stop b: Next

,: (comma) Seek back 1 minute .: (period) Seek forward 1 minute left arrow: Seek back 5 seconds right arrow: Seek forward 5 seconds

Commands

:add [path]

C and R modes Continuous play Repeat play

b: next song c: pause s: shuffle songs z: previous song /: search for song e: add song to queue

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