esdplay(1) User Commands esdplay(1)NAMEesdplay - play a sound file
SYNOPSISesdplay [-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
>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 attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │gnome/gnome-audio │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface stability │Volatile │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOesdcat(1), esdmon(1), esdrec(1), esdsample(1), esdctl(1), esd-con‐
fig(1), libesd(3), attributes(5)NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006.
SunOS 5.11 8 Jan 2003 esdplay(1)