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From: Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: how (to test sound)
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> can i test a sound card from console? i know mixer, and that shows it should
> be working
> 
> but i remember there being a trick to pipe a wave file to the sound device
> to make it play
> 
> i know this is wrong, but i coulda sworn it was something like this:
> 
> more mysound.wav > /dev/pcm or /dev/snd0
> 
> but i know it wasnt the more command that did it

I think, you want to use "cat" instead of "more".

Ciao
Siegbert


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