opensolaris man page for esdcat

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)