Re: Sounds off in bash

[Ken Irving <fnkci@uaf.edu>]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 07:57:48PM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote:
> In bash rather many time the speaker sounds. Unfortunately my speaker is
> so loud I had to disconnect it. Since that isn't a permanent solution is
> does anyone know how to disable any sound in bash?
> 
> There is a readline variable "bell-style" but I can't figure out how to
> us it. I can't find the file "inputrc.

You can create that file yourself, e.g., 

    $ cat .inputrc
    # used by the bash shell to control readline behavior
    
    # ... default for bell-style is audible:
    # set bell-style audible
    # set bell-style none
    set bell-style visible

Ken

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Ken Irving, fnkci@uaf.edu