How do you play a sound in UNIX?

Question

Is it possible to play a audio file from Unix? If so what format must it be in? What is the command to play it? How do you use that command?

Answer 1

mplayer ( http://www.mplayerhq.hu ) is a fairly common command line player. It can copy with most common and lots of uncommon media format.

mplayer myFile.mp3

Answer 2

There is no standard command in Unix that will play sound. Remember, traditional unix is a typewriter based OS. Unless the Unix is running on some workstations or PCs, most of them don't even have sound interfaces.