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How can I play a sound from the command line in macOS?
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Mar 15, 202633132 viewsConfidence Score1%
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I would like to play a short sound file from the command line in Mac OS X, independent of any audio player application, in order to provide notification that a long job has finished.
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There is a built-in tool: . The man page does not document all of its options, which can be found via : It will not play more than one audio file.
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