#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use diagnostics; use warnings; my $pid = fork || exec 'play', '/home/ra/Desktop/trek2.mp3'; print "My PID is *$pid*\n"; sleep 5; kill $pid; #### ra@eagle ~/Local/Code/amudclient/test/playsound $ ./playsound.pl My PID is *21417* /home/ra/Desktop/trek2.mp3: File Size: 506k Bit Rate: 135k Encoding: MPEG audio Info: 2017-09-26T15:54 Channels: 2 @ 16-bit Track: 309 Samplerate: 44100Hz Album: This Week in Trek Replaygain: off Artist: Michael Gaines and Darrell Skeels Duration: 00:00:30.07 Title: This Week in Trek Episode 309 In:17.6% 00:00:05.29 [00:00:24.77] Out:233k [ =|= ] Clip:0 #### ra@eagle ~/Local/Code/amudclient/test/playsound $ ./playsound.pl My PID is *21364* /home/ra/Desktop/trek2.mp3: File Size: 506k Bit Rate: 135k Encoding: MPEG audio Info: 2017-09-26T15:54 Channels: 2 @ 16-bit Track: 309 Samplerate: 44100Hz Album: This Week in Trek Replaygain: off Artist: Michael Gaines and Darrell Skeels Duration: 00:00:30.07 Title: This Week in Trek Episode 309 In:17.0% 00:00:05.11 [00:00:24.96] Out:225k [ -====|====- ] Clip:0 raIn:28In:In:In:29.7%In:3In:3In:In:In:32In:InInIn:46.6% 00In:47.3% 0In:47InIn:100% 00:00:30.07 [00:00:00.00] Out:1.33M [ ===|=== ] Clip:0 Done.