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Since the last update is 5 Months ago, I think is has to do something with a new iTunes version. Toggling shuffle won't work anymore. I'll look into this.

Would be great to have the option to favorite song (the heart added in iTunes 12)

I am not able to get the 'itunes shuffle' command to work.

According to several iTunes scripting knowledgeable folks the 'Shuffle' command has change in iTunes 11 and up. This Stack Overflow thread discusses the issue. Below are some basic osascripts that work for version 11 and version 12. Even more difficult due to the menu text and function being different between v11 and v12. Beyond my abilities to jump into your script to see if there is a way to get this to work in 'bash-itunes':

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14674517/how-to-set-itunes-11-in-shuffle-or-repeat-mode-via-applescript/14679365#14679365

osascript - <<EOF;
tell application "System Events" to tell process "iTunes"'s menu bar 1's menu bar item "Controls"'s menu 1's menu item "Shuffle"'s menu 1
perform action "AXPress" of menu item "On"
end tell
EOF

osascript - <<EOF;
tell application "System Events" to tell process "iTunes"'s menu bar 1's menu bar item "Controls"'s menu 1's menu item "Shuffle"'s menu 1
perform action "AXPress" of menu item "Turn On Shuffle"
end tell
EOF

:~/bash-itunes → ./itunes info
Currently playing "" ()

:~/bash-itunes → ./itunes next
Skipping to next track, "" ()

Other than that, it still plays and can skip tracks like normal. I think the structure of the data coming in has changed. I noticed it wasn't able to convert data into a string.

Example of what use to work:
tell application "iTunes" to artist of current track as string'
Output:
Can’t make «class pArt» of «class pTrk» of application "iTunes" into type string. (-1700)