pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle

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pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle

Toggle mute on the default output

This flips the mute state of the default sink between muted and unmuted, the command-line version of the volume menu's mute button. The third argument also accepts 1 for mute and 0 for unmute. The change is immediate for all streams on that sink.
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