afplay

Command-line audio player. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/afplay.html.

• Play a sound file (waits until playback ends):
  afplay {{path/to/file}}
• Play a sound file at 2x speed (playback rate):
  afplay --rate {{2}} {{path/to/file}}
• Play a sound file at half speed:
  afplay --rate {{0.5}} {{path/to/file}}
• Play the first N seconds of a sound file:
  afplay --time {{seconds}} {{path/to/file}}