Re: command for system beep?

["hammack" <hammack@ridgenet.net>]

The bell:
You can use a script with the echo $'\a'.  I did the following
#bell
# make the iteration length as desired or put in another line after the echo
with
# a call to another bell but with a different name.  I did a recursive call
and the bell
# continued and then a note came up "out of system resources".   I control
c'd out.
for I in 1 2 ......
   do
      echo $ '\a'
   done
 Hope this rings your bell,  John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Steffl" <steffl@bigfoot.com>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: command for system beep?


> Robert Voigt wrote:
> >
> > I want to write a shell script that beeps on a certain event. I don'
want the
> > output from the soundcard but from the system speaker, like when I do
>
>   printf "ring a bell\a\n"
>
>   it should work with both c printf function and printf program.
>
> > something wrong. But it would be nice if I could make the sound shorter
or
> > longer than that, or two short sounds. What's the command for that?
> > Btw, my system speaker seems too loud. Is there a way to control the
volume
> > in software (I haven't found it in the BIOS setup)?
>
>   not really but there are some speaker audio drivers that do some black
> magic so that it is possible to play audio files over system speaker
> (it's not exactly CD quality, it has about 4 bits, maybe even less). I
> don't think you want to go there:-)
>
> erik
>
>
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