Set Volume from the Command Line in Ubuntu

Here are some commands to set the volume in Ubuntu using PulseAudio.

Set the volume to 0.

pactl set-sink-volume 0 0

Set the volume to 50%.

pactl set-sink-volume 0 50%

Set the volume to 100%.

pactl set-sink-volume 0 100%

Mute the volume. – This is not the same as setting the volume to 0. If you use mute, then you can unmute to return to the previous volume level.

pactl set-sink-mute 0 1

Unmute the volume.

pactl set-sink-mute 0 0

Display the current volume level.

v=$(pactl list sinks | grep '^[[:space:]]Volume:' | head -n $(( $SINK + 1 )) | tail -n 1 | sed -e 's,.* \([0-9][0-9]*\)%.*,\1,'); echo "$v%"