Connect bluetooth headphones on Ubuntu 18.04

connect_bluetooth_headphones.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

function get_headphones_index() {
  echo $(pacmd list-cards | grep bluez_card -B1 | grep index | awk '{print $2}')
}

function get_headphones_mac_address() {
  local temp=$(pacmd list-cards | grep bluez_card -C20 | grep 'device.string' | cut -d' ' -f 3)
  temp="${temp%\"}"
  temp="${temp#\"}"
  echo "${temp}"
}

function _control_bluethoot_headphones() {
  local op=${1}
  local hp_mac=${2}
  echo -e "${op} ${hp_mac}\n quit" | bluetoothctl
}

function disconnect_bluetooth_headphones() {
  local hp_mac=${1}
  _control_bluethoot_headphones "disconnect" ${hp_mac}
}

function connect_bluetooth_headphones() {
  local hp_mac=${1}
  _control_bluethoot_headphones "connect" ${hp_mac}
}

function _set_headphones_profile() {
  local profile=${1}
  pacmd set-card-profile $(get_headphones_index) ${profile}
}

function set_headphones_profile_a2dp_sink() {
  _set_headphones_profile "a2dp_sink"
  echo "Bluethoot headphones a2dp_sink"
}

function set_headphones_profile_off() {
  _set_headphones_profile "off"
  echo "Bluethoot headphones profile off"
}

function main() {
  local hp_mac=$(get_headphones_mac_address)
  set_headphones_profile_off
  sleep 2s
  disconnect_bluetooth_headphones ${hp_mac}
  sleep 6s
  connect_bluetooth_headphones ${hp_mac}
  sleep 3s
  set_headphones_profile_a2dp_sink
}

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Hi Emil. I happened to find your script just today ... and I love it!, very useful. Thank you! ( :

Hi Emil. I happened to find your script just today ... and I love it!, very useful. Thank you! ( :

I'm glad it is still useful :).

Thank you very much for this - worked perfectly out of the box with my Bose QCII Headset on Ubuntu 22.04.

Thanks, worked for me!

Thank you @egelev for the script. I changed it to make it wotk with PipeWire. You can see it here: https://gist.github.com/tbulligan/b92e85a6e89e218d711a97cfa38f855e