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ESDCAT(1)                  Enlightened Sound Daemon                  ESDCAT(1)

NAME
       esdcat - play a sound file from stdin

SYNOPSIS
       esdcat [-s hostname:port] ["-n" name] [-b] [-h] [-m] [-r freq] < file

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: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.

       -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

SEE ALSO
       esd(1), esddsp(1), esdfilt(1), esdloop(1), esdplay(1), esdsample(1),
       esd-config(1), esdctl(1), esdmon(1), esdrec(1)

Feb 2006                         EsounD 0.2.41                       ESDCAT(1)