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/usr/bin/pwmenu

Launcher-driven PipeWire audio manager for dmenu-style launchers

From pwmenu 0.4.0-r1 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running pwmenu --help (exit 0). permalink

Launcher-driven audio manager for Linux

Usage: pwmenu [OPTIONS] --launcher <launcher>

Options:
  -l, --launcher <launcher>
          Launcher to use [possible values: fuzzel, rofi, dmenu, bemenu, custom]
      --launcher-command <launcher_command>
          Launcher command to use when --launcher is set to custom
  -i, --icon <icon>
          Choose the type of icons to use [default: font] [possible values: font, xdg]
  -s, --spaces <spaces>
          Number of spaces between icon and text when using font icons [default: 1]
  -m, --menu <menu>
          Start in the specified root menu [possible values: output-devices, input-devices, output-streams, input-streams]
      --volume-step <volume_step>
          Volume adjustment step as percentage (1-25) [default: 5]
      --interactive
          Stay in menus after actions and return to previous menu on escape
  -h, --help
          Print help
  -V, --version
          Print version
Options (9)
OptionDescriptionSource
-l, --launcher launcherLauncher to use [possible values: fuzzel, rofi, dmenu, bemenu, custom]help
--launcher-command launcher_commandLauncher command to use when --launcher is set to customhelp
-i, --icon iconChoose the type of icons to use [default: font] [possible values: font, xdg]help
-s, --spaces spacesNumber of spaces between icon and text when using font icons [default: 1]help
-m, --menu menuStart in the specified root menu [possible values: output-devices, input-devices, output-streams, input-streams]help
--volume-step volume_stepVolume adjustment step as percentage (1-25) [default: 5]help
--interactiveStay in menus after actions and return to previous menu on escapehelp
-h, --helpPrint helphelp
-V, --versionPrint versionhelp

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