NAME¶

praat-open-files - Open sound files with Praat

SYNOPSIS¶

praat-open-files [–new] [–wait=secs] file [file ...]

DESCRIPTION¶

The praat-open-files command allows one to open of sound files with praat from the command line. Any file type recognized by Praat (WAV, FLAC, MP3, etc) can be given as arguments.

OPTIONS¶

--new

Launch a new instance of praat for viewing and editing the sound files. By default, praat-open-files try to open the files in an running praat program, and fails if there is none.

--wait=secs

By default, when the –new option is used, praat-open-files waits for 3 seconds before sending commands to the newly launched instance of praat. If praat takes longer to be launched on your system, specify another value with the –wait option.

EXAMPLES¶

praat-open-files file.wav relative/path/file.flac /absolute/path/file.mp3
    

Open the three specified files with individual View & Edit windows for each one on a running instance of praat.

praat-open-files --new file.wav
    

Open file.wav in a new instance of praat.

praat-open-files --new --wait=5 file.wav
    

Open file.wav in a new instance of praat, waiting 5 seconds before sending the request to open the file.

AUTHOR¶

Rafael Laboissière <rafael@laboissiere.net>

SEE ALSO¶

For further information, see the Praat website <http://www.praat.org>.