cmus VS Exaile

VLC can be used to play a file from the command line, but there is no user interface. Players like cmus and musikcube have a text based interface and library management. Source: over 1 year ago

Cmus [1] is the closest I found to foobar2000. It is my main music player now, after years of disappointment. It supports FLAC and they claim they support CUE sheets, although I haven't tested your particular scenario. The way I use it is I have all my library in it at once, iTunes style. It has good search & playlists, but no drag&drop, since it's just command line... [1] https://cmus.github.io/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

I use Musikcube a lot, it works great on macOS and Linux, and is snappy even on very cheap or old systems. It has very good mouse support (if your terminal emulator supports it), it's the first time I saw a TUI app with a right click menu, or that you can scroll through. My one major complaint is that there is no way I know of to import/export playlists: https://github.com/clangen/musikcube/issues/141 Another... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

Cmus as music player. More straight-forward than mpd clients, single app. Source: almost 2 years ago

Just works (plays almost all formats) - FooBar2000 Minimal as fuck (CLI/Terminal) - CMUS Bloat (lots of features some you want, some you didn't know you wanted and stuff you won't use) - tomahawk. Source: about 2 years ago

Find install instructions for your distro at exaile.org. Source: about 2 years ago

You might also want to check out qmmp, Quod Libet, Exila. Source: over 2 years ago