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 com‐
              mands  to the newly launched instance of praat.  If praat takes longer to be launched on your sys‐
              tem, 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>.

                                                 April 22, 2013                              PRAAT-OPEN-FILES(1)