esdcat(1)							   User Commands							 esdcat(1)

NAME

       esdcat - play a sound file from stdin

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       The esdcat application pipes data from stdin to the sound device, using the Enlightened Sound Daemon (esd).

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -s hostname:portContact 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.

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

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 attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-audio		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       esdplay(1), esdrec(1), esdsample(1), esdmon(1), esdctl(1), esd-config(1), libesd(3)

NOTES

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

SunOS 5.10							    7 Jan 2003								 esdcat(1)