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>.

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