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.TH PLAY 1
.SH NAME
play \- simple audio player
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B play
[
.B -o
.I file
] [ 
.I file 
\&| 
.I url 
\&... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Play
is a simple audio player that understands a number of
audio and playlist formats.
.PP
If no
.I file
or
.I url
arguments are given, standard input is used.
The file type is determined using the
.IR file (1)
command and a matching
.IR audio (1)
decoder is applied.
.PP
By default, raw audio data is written to
.B /dev/audio
unless changed with the
.B -o
option.
.SH SOURCE
.B /rc/bin/play
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR audio (1),
.IR hget (1)
.SH HISTORY
.I Play
first appeared in 9front (January, 2012).