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PRAAT-OPEN-FILES(1) User Commands PRAAT-OPEN-FILES(1)

praat-open-files - Open sound files with Praat

praat-open-files [–new] file [file ...]

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

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, opening a new one, if necessary.

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

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

Open file.wav in a new instance of praat.

praat-open-files --new file.wav
    

Rafael Laboissière <rafael@laboissiere.net>

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

April 22, 2013