mpc

# toggle repeat
mpc repeat on
mpc repeat off

# formatting
mpc current -f '%title% \n%artist%'

# see statistics of library
mpc stats

# to loop only single song from playlist
# enable single mode and repeat

# search using tag values
mpc find "(Artist == \"K. J. Yesudas & K. S. Chithra\")"

# contains
mpc find "(Artist contains \"K. J. Yesudas\")"

mpc search filename "Brown"

mpc play

# shuffle songs without enabling random mode
mpc shuffle

# add all songs to queue
mpc add /
# or this
mpc search filename / | mpc add

# add a subset of song to the queue
mpc ls fixed/eng_fixed | mpc add

# insert a file to be played next
mpc insert "fixed/tamil_fixed/Anjali Anjali.mp3"

# play next song
mpc next

# list all songs in the library
mpc listall

# enable or disable single mode
mpc single on
mpc single off 

# clear queue
mpc clear

# rate currently playing song
mpc sticker "`mpc -f %file% current`" set rating 7

# get rating of currently playing
mpc sticker "`mpc -f %file% current`" get rating

# list available stickers for file
mpc sticker fileuri list

# find songs that have a sticker value
mpc sticker path/to/dir find rating

# valid search queries
mpc find  <any|Artist|Album|AlbumArtist|Title|Track|Name|Genre|Date|Composer|Performer|Comment|Disc|MUSICBRAINZ_ARTISTID|MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMID|MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMARTISTID|MUSICBRAINZ_TRACKID|MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASETRACKID|OriginalDate|ArtistSort|AlbumArtistSort|AlbumSort|Label|MUSICBRAINZ_WORKID|Grouping|Work|Conductor|ComposerSort|Ensemble|Movement|MovementNumber|Location|Mood|TitleSort|MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASEGROUPID>

# combine multiple criteria
mpc find "((Genre == \"Malayalam\") AND (Date == \"2000\"))"

# add all recenly added songs
# cd to Music directory
find . -type f -mtime -1  | awk '{ sub(/^\.\//, ""); print }' | mpc add

# find song later than a date
mpc list Date | grep -E '^[0-9]{4}' | while read date; do
  if [[ "$date" -gt 2000 ]]; then
    mpc find "((Genre == \"Malayalam\") AND (Date == \"$date\"))"
  fi
done

# list playlists
mpc lsplaylists

# add file to playlist from pipe
cmd | mpc addplaylist playlistname

# save current queue as playlist file with .m3u
mpc save filename