esdcat(1)							   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 specified (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.

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 attributes:

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

SEE ALSO

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

NOTES

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

SunOS 5.11							    7 Jan 2003								 esdcat(1)