kew , kew music command - A terminal music
player.
kew [OPTIONS]
[PARTIAL FILE OR DIRECTORY NAME]
kew plays audio from your music folder when given a partial
(or whole) file or directory name. A playlist is created when finding more
than one file. It supports gapless playback, 24-bit/192khz audio and
MPRIS.
Typical use:
kew artist, album or song name
kew returns results from the location of the first match,
it doesn't return every result possible.
- -h, --help
- Displays help.
- -v,
--version
- Displays version info.
- path
<path>,
- Sets the path to the music library.
- --nocover
- Hides the cover.
- --noui
- Completely hides the UI.
- -q,
--quitonstop
- Exits after playing the whole playlist.
- -e,
--exact,
- Specifies you want an exact (but not case sensitive) match, of for
instance an album.
- shuffle
- Shuffles the playlist before starting to play it.
- dir
- Plays the directory not the song.
- song
- Plays the song not the directory.
- list
- Searches for a (.m3u) playlist. These are normally not included in
searches.
- kew
- Start kew in library view.
- kew all
- Start kew with all songs loaded into a playlist.
- kew albums
- Start kew with all albums randomly added one after the other in the
playlist.
- kew moonlight son
- Play moonlight sonata.
- kew moon
-
Play moonlight sonata.
- kew nirv
-
Play all music under Nirvana folder shuffled.
- kew neverm
- Play Nevermind album in alphabetical order.
- kew shuffle neverm
- Play Nevermind album shuffled.
- kew list mix
- Play the mix.m3u playlist.
- kew <words A>:<words B>:<words C>
- Play the first match (whole directory or file) found under A, B, and C,
shuffled. Searches are separated by a colon ':' character.
- kew .
- Play the kew.m3u playlist.
- +, -
- Adjusts volume.
- Left-right
arrows/h,l
- Change song.
- Space
- Play, Pause.
- Shift+s
- Stop.
- F2 or Shift+z
- Show playlist view.
- F3 or Shift+x
- Show library view.
- F4 or Shift+c
- Show track view.
- F5 or Shift+v
- Show search view.
- F6 or Shift+b
- Show radio search view.
- F7 or Shift+n
- Show key bindings view.
- u
- Update the library.
- i
- Toggle colors derived from album cover or from color theme.
- v
- Toggle spectrum visualizer.
- b
- Switch between ascii and image album cover.
- r
- Repeat current song after playing.
- s
- Shuffles the playlist.
- a
- Seek Backward.
- d
- Seek Forward.
- "."
- Add to kew.m3u playlist. Run with "kew .".
- x
- Save currently loaded playlist to a .m3u file in the music folder.
- Tab
- Switch to next view.
- Shift+Tab
- Switch to previous view.
- Backspace
- Clear the playlist.
- Delete
- Remove a single playlist entry.
- t,g
- Move a song up or down the playlist.
- number + G or
Enter
- Go to specific song number in the playlist.
- Esc or q
- Quit kew.
- ~/<configfolder>/kew/kewrc
- Config file.
- ~/<configfolder>/kew/kewlibrary
- Music library directory tree cache.
- /<musicfolder>/kew.m3u
- The kew playlist. Add to it by pressing '.' during playback of any
song. This playlist is saved before q exits.
Copyright © 2023 Ravachol. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version
2 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software:
you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the
extent permitted by law.
Project home page:
- <https://github.com/ravachol/kew>.