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  • pacmd list-sinks
  • pacmixer
  • pactl - Control a running PulseAudio sound server
  • pactl load-module module-combine-sink
  • pactl unload-module module-combine-sink
pacmd list-sinks | 
    awk '/^\s+name: /{indefault = $2 == "<'"$(getdefaultsinkname)"'>"} /^\s+volume: / && indefault {print $5; exit}'

pacmd list-sinks | 
    awk  '/^\s+name: /{indefault = $2 == "<'"$(getdefaultsinkname)"'>"} \s+volume: / && indefault {print $5; exit}' | 
    sed  's/%//'

pacmd list-sinks | 
    awk  '/^\s+name: /{indefault = $2 == "<'"alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo"'>"} \s+volume: / && indefault {print $5; exit}' | 
    sed  's/%//'

pacmd stat | 
    awk -F": " '/^Default sink name: /{print $2}'