aplay

Sound player for ALSA soundcard driver. More information: https://manned.org/aplay.

• Play a specific file (sampling rate, bit depth, etc. will be automatically determined for the file format):

aplay path/to/file

• Play the first 10 seconds of a specific file at 2500 Hz:

aplay --duration=10 --rate=2500 path/to/file

• Play the raw file as a 22050 Hz, mono, 8-bit, Mu-Law .au file:

aplay --channels=1 --file-type raw --rate=22050 --format=mu_law path/to/file