Remote control (command line)

aaaaa12345

To whom it may concern...

https://loetzimmer.de/patches/alexa_remote_control_plain.sh (English)
http://blog.loetzimmer.de/2017/10/amazon-alexa-hort-auf-die-shell-echo.html (German)

https://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/run-shell-script-on-windows-10/

Russ

@aaaaa12345, thanks. This is some fancy linux scripting! I tried it out.

I had it tell my Alexa to tell me the weather with this command:

./alexa.sh -d Office -e weather

Here's the help output for anyone else who's interested:

russ@RussHP:~$ ./alexa.sh -h
./alexa.sh [-d <device>|ALL] -e <pause|play|next|prev|fwd|rwd|shuffle|repeat|vol:<0-100>> |
          -b [list|<"AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF">] | -q | -n | -r <"station name"|stationid> |
          -s <trackID|'Artist' 'Album'> | -t <ASIN> | -u <seedID> | -v <queueID> | -w <playlistId> |
          -a | -m <multiroom_device> [device_1 .. device_X] | -lastalexa | -l | -h

   -e : run command, additional SEQUENCECMDs:
        weather,traffic,flashbriefing,goodmorning,singasong,tellstory,
        speak:'<text>',sound:<soundeffect_name>,
        textcommand:'<anything you would otherwise say to Alexa>'
   -b : connect/disconnect/list bluetooth device
   -q : query queue
   -n : query notifications
   -r : play tunein radio
   -s : play library track/library album
   -t : play Prime playlist
   -u : play Prime station
   -v : play Prime historical queue
   -w : play library playlist
   -a : list available devices
   -m : delete multiroom and/or create new multiroom containing devices
   -lastalexa : print serial number that received the last voice command
   -login : Logs in, without further command
   -l : logoff
   -h : help

I ran it in WSL on my Windows 11 box.

This is the version I ran (for english, US), minus my credentials.
alexa.sh

aaaaa12345

JFTR...
The above-linked "German" page contains the in-depth instruction/tutorial (shouldn't be a problem for Google-Translate/deepL), while the "English"-linked one is providing the code for download.

Would have edited the page above but there's a "editing time restriction" of 3600s . Wouldn't it make more sense that a page can't be edited anymore once a follow-up posting/reply occured?