User Commands                                          esdplay(1)



NAME
     esdplay - play a sound file

SYNOPSIS
     esdplay [-h] [--help] [-s  hostname:port]  [-v]  [--version]
     filename

DESCRIPTION
     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 successfully






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     >0       Application exited with failure



FILES
     The following files are used by this application:

     /usr/bin/esdplay        Executable  for  Enlightened   Sound
                             Daemon sound player.



ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWgnome-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.
























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