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/usr/bin/soxi

SoX (Sound eXchange) - command-line audio file converter and effects processor

From sox 14.4.2-r8 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running soxi --help (exit 1). permalink

/usr/bin/soxi WARN getopt: option `-' not recognized
/usr/bin/soxi:      SoX v14.4.2

Usage: soxi [-V[level]] [-T] [-t|-r|-c|-s|-d|-D|-b|-B|-p|-e|-a] infile1 ...

-V[n]	Increment or set verbosity level (default is 2)
-T	With -s, -d or -D, display the total across all given files

-t	Show detected file-type
-r	Show sample-rate
-c	Show number of channels
-s	Show number of samples (0 if unavailable)
-d	Show duration in hours, minutes and seconds (0 if unavailable)
-D	Show duration in seconds (0 if unavailable)
-b	Show number of bits per sample (0 if not applicable)
-B	Show the bitrate averaged over the whole file (0 if unavailable)
-p	Show estimated sample precision in bits
-e	Show the name of the audio encoding
-a	Show file comments (annotations) if available

With no options, as much information as is available is shown for
each given file.
Options (13)
OptionDescriptionSource
-V nIncrement or set verbosity level (default is 2)help + man
-TWith -s, -d or -D, display the total across all given fileshelp + man
-tShow detected file-type.help + man
-rShow sample-rate.help + man
-cShow number of channels.help + man
-sShow number of samples (0 if unavailable).help + man
-dShow duration in hours, minutes and seconds (0 if unavailable).help + man
-DShow duration in seconds (0 if unavailable).help + man
-bShow number of bits per sample (0 if not applicable).help + man
-BShow the bitrate averaged over the whole file (0 if unavailable).help + man
-pShow estimated sample precision in bits.help + man
-eShow the name of the audio encoding.help + man
-aShow file comments (annotations) if available.help + man

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