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/usr/bin/amixer

ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) command-line utilities: aplay, arecord, amixer, alsamixer, alsactl, speaker-test and more

From alsa-utils 1.2.16-r3 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running amixer --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: amixer <options> [command]

Available options:
  -h,--help       this help
  -c,--card N     select the card
  -D,--device N   select the device, default 'default'
  -d,--debug      debug mode
  -n,--nocheck    do not perform range checking
  -v,--version    print version of this program
  -q,--quiet      be quiet
  -i,--inactive   show also inactive controls
  -a,--abstract L select abstraction level (none or basic)
  -s,--stdin      Read and execute commands from stdin sequentially
  -f,--file FILE  Read and execute commands from file sequentially
  -R,--raw-volume Use the raw value (default)
  -M,--mapped-volume Use the mapped volume

Available commands:
  scontrols       show all mixer simple controls
  scontents	  show contents of all mixer simple controls (default command)
  sset sID P      set contents for one mixer simple control
  sget sID        get contents for one mixer simple control
  controls        show all controls for given card
  contents        show contents of all controls for given card
  cset cID P      set control contents for one control
  cget cID        get control contents for one control

Available advanced commands:
  sevents	  show the mixer events for simple controls
  events	  show the mixer events for controls
Options (12)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpHelp: show syntax.help + man
-c, --card NSelect the card number to control.help + man
-D, --device Nselect the device, default 'default'help + man
-d, --debugdebug modehelp
-n, --nocheckdo not perform range checkinghelp
-v, --versionprint version of this programhelp
-q, --quietQuiet mode.help + man
-i, --inactiveshow also inactive controlshelp
-s, --stdinRead from stdin and execute the command on each line sequentially.help + man
-f, --file FILERead from the given file and execute the command on each line sequentially.help + man
-RUse the raw value for evaluating the percentage representation. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
-MUse the mapped volume for evaluating the percentage representation like alsamixer, to be more natural for human ear. (in the manual page but not in --help)man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.