afplay Command-line audio player. Play a sound file (waits until playback ends): afplay {{path/to/file}} Play a sound file at 2x speed (playback rate): afplay --rate {{2}} {{path/to/file}} Play a sound file at half speed: afplay --rate {{0.5}} {{path/to/file}} Play the first N seconds of a sound file: afplay --time {{seconds}} {{path/to/file}}