Re: Beeping the Speaker
On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Remco Blaakmeer wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Norbert Veber wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Feb 22, 1998 at 02:15:46AM +0000, shaul@rakefet.netvision.net.il wrote:
> > > > In bash or sh or ksh -
> > > >
> > > > echo ^g^g
> > >
> > > Doesn't work for me.
> >
> > come on, its not rocket science, echo -e "\a" will do the trick.
>
> Sure, that does the same as `echo ^g`. The question was how to make two
> beeps. Both `echo ^g^g` and `echo -e "\a\a"` give you one beep.
>
Well "echo ^G;sleep 1;echo ^G" works, but the pause is a bit long.. need
it to be about 1/3 to 1/2 of a second... just sounds better :)
Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)
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