Non-iteratively getting the list of instruments in a soundfont using FluidSynth

Question

Is there a function that can return the list of all the instruments (preset names) in a soundfont file in FluidSynth or at least the number of presets in each soundbank?

Answer 1

I was able to get instrument names and banks using fluidsynth. The command you want to send is "inst 1" (obtain all instruments for the soundfont loaded in position 1).

$ echo "inst 1" | fluidsynth /path/to/FluidR3_GM.sf2
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