ESDCTL(1) Debian GNU/Linux ESDCTL(1) NAME esdctl - The Enlightened Sound Daemon DESCRIPTION Command-line control program for EsounD USAGE esdctl [options] [command] options: "-s", --server=host:port contact esd server on host at port commands: lock foreign clients may not use the server unlock foreign clients may use the server standby, off suspend sound output for other programs resume, on resume sound output cache sample cache a sample in the server getid name retrieve a sample id from its name free name uncache a sample in the server play name play a cached sample once loop name make a cached sample loop stop name stop the looping sample at end serverinfo get server info from server allinfo get player and sample info from server panstream id left right set panning for a stream pansample id left right set default panning for a sample - left/right pan values scaled to 256. standbymode see if servers on standby, etc. SEE ALSO esd(1), esdcat(1), esddsp(1), esdloop(1), esdplay(1), esdsample(1), esd-config(1), esdfilt(1), esdmon(1), esdrec(1) etch 2006-03-25 ESDCTL(1)