code: def _get_audio_duration_seconds(self, audio_abs_path):
          
          HHMMSS_duration = subprocess.check_output(
              ("""sox --i {} | grep "{}" | awk -F " : " '{{print $2}}' | """
               """grep -oh "^[^=]*" """).format(
                  audio_abs_path, "Duration"),
              shell=True, universal_newlines=True).rstrip()
          total_seconds = sum(
              [float(x) * 60 ** (2 - i)
               for i, x in enumerate(HHMMSS_duration.split(":"))])
          return total_seconds
docs: Parameters
          ----------
          audio_abs_path : str
  
          Returns
          -------
          total_seconds : int