pulseaudio-ctl

Increase volume by 5%

$ pulseaudio-ctl up

$ pulseaudio-ctl up 10

$ pulseaudio-ctl down

$ pulseaudio-ctl set 50

$ pulseaudio-ctl atmost 80

$ pulseaudio-ctl mute

$ pulseaudio-ctl mute-input

pulseaudio-ctl command [amount]

pulseaudio-ctl provides simple commands for controlling PulseAudio volume levels. It offers intuitive commands for increasing, decreasing, and setting volume, as well as muting speakers and microphone.
This tool is designed for easy integration with keyboard shortcuts and desktop environments.

up [amount]

Increase volume (default 5%)

Decrease volume (default 5%)

Set volume to specific percentage

Set volume if current is higher

Toggle speaker mute

Toggle microphone mute

Requires PulseAudio to be running. May not work with PipeWire unless PulseAudio compatibility layer is enabled.

Developed as a lightweight shell script for easy PulseAudio volume control, commonly used with window managers and keyboard shortcut daemons.

pactl(1), pamixer(1), amixer(1)