HNhnarayanan·Mar 12, 2023
I have a shell script that I use to control Spotify from the command line on Macs: https://github.com/hnarayanan/shpotify :)
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hnarayanan / shpotify
shpotify
A command-line interface to Spotify.
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9 sourcesI use the following definition in my .profile to be able to replace foo with bar in all text files within a folder.
replace() {
grep -rl "$1" . | xargs gsed -i "s/$1/$2/g"
}
Also, I run Spotify from the command line: https://github.com/hnarayanan/shpotify
In Ask HN: Can I see your scripts?Shpotify is a shell script that allows you to control Spotify from the command line: https://github.com/hnarayanan/shpotify
The first version of it I wrote in a couple of hours.
And then it went on to be quite popular and has lived a life of its own.
In Ask HN: What is the most interesting software you wrote in a few days?This is only peripherally related, but if you were using libspotify to work on a a command line client, I have an alternative approach. Shpotify offers command line control of the Spotify app on Macs: https://github.com/hnarayanan/shpotify
In Sunset of libspotifyA long time ago, before Spotify had support for multiple devices where one could act as a remote and control the other, I wrote a tool called Shpotify: https://github.com/hnarayanan/shpotify . It is a simple Bash/AppleScript.
The primary usecase for me was to SSH tunnel into a media centre Mac in my living room and control music on Spotify. I released it on GitHub and it has grown a lot in popularity amongst people who like to do a lot of their computing in the shell.
In Ask HN: Tools you have made for yourself?Personally it would take a lot to get me to stop using Spotify. I really like their desktop app and they're pretty open to modifications like Statusfy [1], Shpotify [2], and RES embedded playing. Their UI is so much easier on the eyes and mind than Google Play Music or Apple Music, and I'm very thankful that they do Linux builds when others like Google Drive can't be bothered.
[1] https://github.com/paulyoung/Statusfy
[2] https://github.com/hnarayanan/shpotify
In Safari no longer supported by SpotifyShpotify: command line interface to Spotify
1 points · Open discussionhttps://github.com/hnarayanan/shpotify
Shpotify, a command-line interface to Spotify on a Mac. :)
In Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?Shpotify: A command line interface to Spotify on OS X
2 points · Open discussion