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play — Audio player of SoX - Sound eXchange. Plays any audio, with audio formats identified by the extensio

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Problem

How to use the play command: Audio player of SoX - Sound eXchange. Plays any audio, with audio formats identified by the extension. More information: <https://manned.org/play>.

Solution

play — Audio player of SoX - Sound eXchange. Plays any audio, with audio formats identified by the extension. More information: <https://manned.org/play>.

Play the given audio file:

play {{path/to/audio_file}}

Play the given audio files:

play {{path/to/audio_file1 path/to/audio_file2 ...}}

Play the given audio at twice the speed:

play {{path/to/audio_file}} speed 2.0

Play the given audio in reverse:

play {{path/to/audio_file}} reverse

Code Snippets

Play the given audio file

play {{path/to/audio_file}}

Play the given audio files

play {{path/to/audio_file1 path/to/audio_file2 ...}}

Play the given audio at twice the speed

play {{path/to/audio_file}} speed 2.0

Play the given audio in reverse

play {{path/to/audio_file}} reverse

Context

tldr-pages: common/play

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