System Grab Bag

View all TLDR pages from Linux (or from all pages)

aplay

Command-line sound player for ALSA soundcard driver. More information: https://manned.org/aplay.
  • Play a specific file (sampling rate, bit depth, etc. will be automatically determined for the file format):
    aplay {{path/to/file}}
  • Play the first 10 seconds of a specific file at 2500 Hz:
    aplay --duration={{10}} --rate={{2500}} {{path/to/file}}
  • Play the raw file as a 22050 Hz, mono, 8-bit, Mu-Law .au file:
    aplay --channels={{1}} --file-type {{raw}} --rate={{22050}} --format={{mu_law}} {{path/to/file}}

License and Disclaimer

The content on this page is copyright © 2014—present the tldr-pages team and contributors.
This page is used with permission under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

While we do attempt to make sure content is accurate, there isn't a warranty of any kind.