paout displays pulseaudio's output level, that is, the current volume of audio output
These output modes are supported by command-line flags:
-
-1
output one value then quit. The return code is 0 if there is audible output, and 1 if there is silence -
-s
output values continually, separated by carriage return -
-b
output a bar graph continually
paout -1
make
Build the binary, then copy it into your PATH.