NAME

       Exaile - music manager and player

SYNOPSIS

       exaile [OPTION...] [LOCATION...]

DESCRIPTION

       Launch  Exaile,  optionally  adding  tracks  specified  by  LOCATION to the active playlist. If Exaile is
       already running, this attempts to use the existing instance instead of creating a new one.

   Playback Options:
       -n, --next
              Play the next track

       -p, --prev
              Play the previous track

       -s, --stop
              Stop playback

       -a, --play
              Play

       -u, --pause
              Pause

       -t, --play-pause
              Pause or resume playback

       --stop-after-current
              Stop playback after current track

   Collection Options:
       --add LOCATION
              Add tracks from LOCATION to the collection

   Playlist Options:
       --export-playlist LOCATION
              Export the current playlist to LOCATION

   Track Options:
       -q, --query
              Query player

       --format-query FORMAT
              Retrieve the current playback state and track information as FORMAT

       --format-query-tags TAGS
              Tags to retrieve from the current track; use with --format-query

       --gui-query
              Show a popup with data of the current track

       --get-title
              Print the title of current track

       --get-album
              Print the album of current track

       --get-artist
              Print the artist of current track

       --get-length
              Print the length of current track

       --set-rating N
              Set rating for current track to N%

       --get-rating
              Get rating for current track

       --current-position
              Print the current playback position as time

       --current-progress
              Print the current playback progress as percentage

   Volume Options:
       -i, --increase-vol N
              Increase the volume by N%

       -l, --decrease-vol N
              Decrease the volume by N%

       -m, --toggle-mute
              Mute or unmute the volume

       --get-volume
              Print the current volume percentage

   Other Options:
       --new  Start new instance

       -h, --help
              Show this help message and exit

       --version
              Show program's version number and exit.

       --start-minimized
              Start minimized (to tray, if possible)

       --toggle-visible
              Toggle visibility of the GUI (if possible)

       --safemode
              Start in safe mode - sometimes useful when you're running into problems

       --force-import
              Force import of old data from version 0.2.x (overwrites current data)

       --no-import
              Do not import old data from version 0.2.x

       --start-anyway
              Make control options like --play start Exaile if it is not running

       --use-lang USELANGUAGE
              Locale to use for Exaile

   Development/Debug Options:
       --datadir DIRECTORY
              Set data directory

       --all-data-dir DIRECTORY
              Set data and config directory

       --modulefilter MODULE
              Limit log output to MODULE

       --levelfilter LEVEL
              Limit log output to LEVEL

       --debug
              Show debugging output

       --eventdebug
              Enable debugging of xl.event. Generates lots of output

       --eventdebug-full
              Enable full debugging of xl.event. Generates LOTS of output

       --threaddebug
              Add thread name to logging messages.

       --eventfilter TYPE
              Limit xl.event debug to output of TYPE

       --quiet
              Reduce level of output

       --startgui

       --no-dbus
              Disable D-Bus support

       --no-hal
              Disable HAL support.

Exaile 4.1.4-beta1                                January 2025                                         EXAILE(1)