SoXI(1) Sound eXchange SoXI(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

SoXI - Sound eXchange Information, display sound file metadata

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

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

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Displays information from the header of a given audio file or files. Supported audio file types are listed and described in [**soxformat**(7)](/man/enterprise-packages/sox/soxformat.7). Note however, that **soxi** is intended for use only with audio files with a self-describing header.

By default, as much information as is available is shown. An option may be given to select just a single piece of information (perhaps for use in a script or batch-file).

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-V**](#V)

Set verbosity. See [**sox**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/sox/sox.1) for details.

[**-T**](#T)

Used with multiple files; changes the behaviour of **-s**, **-d** and **-D** to display the total across all given files. Note that when used with **-s** with files with different sampling rates, this is of questionable value.

[**-t**](#t)

Show detected file-type.

[**-r**](#r)

Show sample-rate.

[**-c**](#c)

Show number of channels.

[**-s**](#s)

Show number of samples (0 if unavailable).

[**-d**](#d)

Show duration in hours, minutes and seconds (0 if unavailable). Equivalent to number of samples divided by the sample-rate.

[**-D**](#D)

Show duration in seconds (0 if unavailable).

[**-b**](#b)

Show number of bits per sample (0 if not applicable).

[**-B**](#B)

Show the bitrate averaged over the whole file (0 if unavailable).

[**-p**](#p)

Show estimated sample precision in bits.

[**-e**](#e)

Show the name of the audio encoding.

[**-a**](#a)

Show file comments (annotations) if available.

# [BUGS](#BUGS)

Please report any bugs found in this version of SoX to the mailing list (sox-users@lists.sourceforge.net).

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**sox**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/sox/sox.1), [**soxformat**(7)](/man/enterprise-packages/sox/soxformat.7), [**libsox**(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/sox/libsox.3)

The SoX web site at http://sox.sourceforge.net

# [LICENSE](#LICENSE)

Copyright 2008-2013 by Chris Bagwell and SoX Contributors.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

# [AUTHORS](#AUTHORS)

Chris Bagwell (cbagwell@users.sourceforge.net). Other authors and contributors are listed in the ChangeLog file that is distributed with the source code.

February 1, 2013 soxi

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Document: soxi(1) from sox 14.4.2-r8 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://git.code.sf.net/p/sox/code