Switching on/off the sound from the command line

[Craig McLean]

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Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All
> 
> Is there some simple way of switching on/off the sound from the command line?
> 

If you are using alsa, then "amixer set Master mute" should do the
trick. 'man amixer' for more information.

C.
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