Which command should I use to open an MP3 file? For example, "abcd.mp3"
hamza@ubuntu:/media/hamza/Elements/mmc$ cd abcd.mp3
bash: cd: abcd.mp3: Not a directory
If you want to use the App set as preferred, from the directory containing the MP3 file, use xdg-open
:
xdg-open abcd.mp3
From man xdg-open
:
xdg-open - opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application
If you know the application you want the MP3 file to be opened with, for example, rhythmbox
:
rhythmbox abcd.mp3
or VLC media player:
vlc abcd.mp3
gnome-open
comes with libreoffice-gtk
, xdg-open
comes with xdg-utils
..it should come by default in Ubuntu..
cd
means "change directory". A file is not a directory so a cd
will not work on your mp3. To open a `.mp3 you need to start a music or video player. The method @heemayl uses will open the player you have set as the default.
If you want you can also use aplay
. The command
aplay abcd.mp3
will play the mp3 from command line and stop when it is done playing. "aplay" is probably the lightest music player around since it does not have a GUI (and can also work on a server >:-D )
aplay
does not play mp3 files. It can play voc, wav, raw and au files.
If you want to run an MP3 file with a particular application, then run it like:
application_name audio_file_name
For example, if you want to run in the MPlayer application then install it using:
sudo apt-get install mplayer
Then run the audio file using the command:
mplayer abcd.mp3
or
sudo apt-get install mpg123
mpg123 abcd.mp3
or
sudo apt-get install sox
play abcd.mp3
or
sudo apt-get install vlc
vlc abcd.mp3