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  1. rkumar renamed this gist Aug 1, 2010. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 1 deletion.
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    #!/bin/bash
    #!/bin/sh
    #
    ####################################
    # iTunes Command Line Control v1.0
    # written by David Schlosnagle
    # created 2001.11.08
    # edit 2010.06.01 rahul kumar
    ####################################

    showHelp () {
    @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ showHelp () {
    echo " stop = Stop iTunes.";
    echo " quit = Quit iTunes.";
    echo " playlist = Show playlists saved in iTunes.";
    echo " tracks = Show tracks for current or given playlist.";
    echo " shuf = Shuffle current playlist";
    echo " nosh = Do not shuffle current playlist";
    }
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    #!/bin/bash
    #!/bin/sh
    #
    ####################################
    # iTunes Command Line Control v1.0
    # written by David Schlosnagle
    # created 2001.11.08
    ####################################

    showHelp () {
    echo "-----------------------------";
    echo "iTunes Command Line Interface";
    echo "-----------------------------";
    echo "Usage: `basename $0` <option>";
    echo;
    echo "Options:";
    echo " status = Shows iTunes' status, current artist and track.";
    echo " play = Start playing iTunes.";
    echo " pause = Pause iTunes.";
    echo " next = Go to the next track.";
    echo " prev = Go to the previous track.";
    echo " mute = Mute iTunes' volume.";
    echo " unmute = Unmute iTunes' volume.";
    echo " vol up = Increase iTunes' volume by 10%";
    echo " vol down = Increase iTunes' volume by 10%";
    echo " vol # = Set iTunes' volume to # [0-100]";
    echo " stop = Stop iTunes.";
    echo " quit = Quit iTunes.";
    echo " playlist = Show playlists saved in iTunes.";
    echo " shuf = Shuffle current playlist";
    echo " nosh = Do not shuffle current playlist";
    }

    if [ $# = 0 ]; then
    showHelp;
    fi

    while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
    arg=$1;
    case $arg in
    "status" ) state=`osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to player state as string'`;
    echo "iTunes is currently $state.";
    if [ $state = "playing" ]; then
    artist=`osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to artist of current track as string'`;
    track=`osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to name of current track as string'`;
    echo "Current track $artist: $track";
    fi
    break ;;

    "play" ) echo "Playing iTunes.";
    osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to play';
    break ;;

    "pause" ) echo "Pausing iTunes.";
    osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to pause';
    break ;;

    "next" ) echo "Going to next track." ;
    osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to next track';
    break ;;

    "prev" ) echo "Going to previous track.";
    osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to previous track';
    break ;;

    "mute" ) echo "Muting iTunes volume level.";
    osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to set mute to true';
    break ;;

    "unmute" ) echo "Unmuting iTunes volume level.";
    osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to set mute to false';
    break ;;

    "vol" ) echo "Changing iTunes volume level.";
    vol=`osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to sound volume as integer'`;
    if [ $2 = "up" ]; then
    newvol=$(( vol+10 ));
    elif [ $2 = "down" ]; then
    newvol=$(( vol-10 ));
    elif [ $2 -gt 0 ]; then
    newvol=$2;
    fi
    osascript -e "tell application \"iTunes\" to set sound volume to $newvol";
    break ;;

    "stop" ) echo "Stopping iTunes.";
    osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to stop';
    break ;;

    "quit" ) echo "Quitting iTunes.";
    osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to quit';
    exit 1 ;;

    ## addition playlist of choice
    "playlist" )
    if [ -n "$2" ]; then
    echo "Changing iTunes playlists to '$2'.";
    osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes"' -e "set new_playlist to \"$2\" as string" -e "play playlist new_playlist" -e "end tell";
    break ;
    else
    # Show available iTunes playlists.
    echo "Playlists:";
    osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes"' -e "set allPlaylists to (get name of every playlist)" -e "end tell";
    break;
    fi
    break;;

    "shuf" ) echo "Shuffle is ON.";
    osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to set shuffle of current playlist to 1';
    break ;;

    "nosh" ) echo "Shuffle is OFF.";
    osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to set shuffle of current playlist to 0';
    break ;;
    "tracks" )
    if [ -n "$2" ]; then
    osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes"' -e "set new_playlist to \"$2\" as string" -e " get name of every track in playlist new_playlist" -e "end tell";
    break;
    fi
    osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to get name of every track in current playlist';
    break ;;
    "help" | * ) echo "help:";
    showHelp;


    break ;;
    esac
    done