On Mac OS X systems you can play an audio file, such as an MP3 file, from a command-line interface, i.e., a shell prompt, which you can get by running the Terminal program found in
/Applications/Utilities,
by using the audio file play command, afplay. E.g.:
afplay Waterfalls.mp3
You can terminate the playing of the audio file using Ctrl-C.
You can specify that the audio file only be played for a specific number of
seconds using the -t or --time argument. E.g., the
following command would play the specified MP3 file for 10 seconds and then
terminate afplay:
afplay --time 10 Waterfalls.mp3
For help on the command use afplay -h.
$ afplay -h
Usage:
afplay [option...] audio_file
Options: (may appear before or after arguments)
{-v | --volume} VOLUME
set the volume for playback of the file
{-h | --help}
print help
{ --leaks}
run leaks analysis
{-t | --time} TIME
play for TIME seconds
{-r | --rate} RATE
play at playback rate
{-q | --rQuality} QUALITY
set the quality used for rate-scaled playback (default is 0 - low quality, 1 - high quality)
{-d | --debug}
debug print output
