          &dhemail;

&dhfirstname; &dhsurname;
2003 &dhusername;
&dhdate;
&dhucpackage; &dhsection; User Commands Praat
&dhpackage; Open sound files with Praat
`&dhpackage;` --new --wait=secs file

## DESCRIPTION

The `&dhpackage;` 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

&dhusername; <&dhemail;>

## SEE ALSO

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