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User Commands                                           esdcat(1)



NAME
     esdcat - play a sound file

SYNOPSIS
     esdcat [-s hostname:port] [-b] [-h] [-m] [-n  filename]  [-r
     freq] [filename]

DESCRIPTION
     The esdcat application pipes data from the  filename  speci-
     fied  (or stdin if not specified) to the sound device, using
     the Enlightened Sound Daemon (esd).

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -s hostname:port        Contact the esd server  on  hostname
                             at port.



     -b                      Specify that the output should be in
                             8-bit format. By default, the output
                             is in 16-bit format.



     -h                      Display help text, and exit.



     -m                      Specify that the output should be in
                             mono  format. By default, the output
                             is in stereo format.



     -n filename             Specify the filename  of  the  input
                             file.   If the filename is specified
                             both as an operand and with  the  -n
                             option,  then  the  value  specified
                             with the -n option is  ignored.   If
                             no  filename  is  specified with the
                             command, then stdin is used.



     -r freq                 Specify that the output rate  should
                             be  set  to   freq.  By default, the
                             output rate is set to 44.1 kHz.






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OPERANDS
     The following operands are supported:

     filename                Specify the filename  of  the  input
                             file.   If  no filename is specified
                             with  the  command,  then  stdin  is
                             used.



EXAMPLES
     Example 1: Playing a sound file "beep" from stdin

     example% esdcat < beep

EXIT STATUS
     The following exit values are returned:

     0        Application exited successfully



     >0       Application exited with failure



FILES
     The following files are used by this application:

     /usr/bin/esdcat         Executable  for  Enlightened   Sound
                             Daemon sound piper



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

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | gnome/gnome-audio           |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface stability         | Volatile                    |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     esdplay(1), esdrec(1), esdsample(1),  esdmon(1),  esdctl(1),
     esd-config(1), libesd(3), attributes(5)





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NOTES
     Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006.





















































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