NAME

       praat-open-files - Open sound files with Praat

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       The praat-open-files command allows opening 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 ther 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 Laboissiere <<rafael@laboissiere.net>>

SEE ALSO

       For further information, see the Praat website (http://www.praat.org).

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