User Commands esdplay(1)
NAME
esdplay - play a sound file
SYNOPSIS
esdplay [-h] [--help] [-s hostname:port] [-v] [--version]
filenameDESCRIPTION
The esdplay application plays a sound file using the
Enlightened Sound Daemon (esd). The input data is read from the specified filename. OPTIONS The following options are supported:-h, --help Display help text, and exit.
-s hostname:port Contact the esd server on hostname
at port. You can also specify this option as follows:--server=hostname:port
-v, --version Display version information, and
exit. OPERANDS The following operands are supported: filename Specify the filename from which the input data should be read.EXAMPLES
Example 1: Playing sound file "beep"example% esdplay beep
EXIT STATUS The following exit values are returned: 0 Application exited successfullySunOS 5.11 Last change: 8 Jan 2003 1
User Commands esdplay(1)
>0 Application exited with failure FILES The following files are used by this application:/usr/bin/esdplay Executable for Enlightened Sound
Daemon sound player.ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | gnome/gnome-audio |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Interface stability | Volatile ||_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
esdcat(1), esdmon(1), esdrec(1), esdsample(1), esdctl(1),esd-config(1), libesd(3), attributes(5)
NOTES Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006.SunOS 5.11 Last change: 8 Jan 2003 2