suse man page for esdplay

esdplay(1)							   User Commands							esdplay(1)

NAME
       esdplay - play a sound file

SYNOPSIS
       esdplay [-h] [-s hostname:port] [-v] 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	       Display help text, and exit.

       -s hostname:portContact the esd server on hostname at port. You can also specify this option as follows:

		       --server=hostname:port

       -v	       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		     |SUNWgnome-audio		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       esdcat(1), esdmon(1), esdrec(1), esdsample(1), esdctl(1), esd-config(1), libesd(3)

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

SunOS 5.10							    8 Jan 2003								esdplay(1)