[GLLUG] Bash Beep

[Jo Dillon]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 09:46:46AM -0400, Brian Hoort wrote:
> While we're on to scripting -- I've wanted to be able to beep an audible 
> sound at the completion of one of my scripts for a long time, and cannot 
> find a way in my bash book.  Any of you know how?

  I always use:

echo -e '\a'

(-e means interpret escape sequences, \a is alert, aka the system
speaker bell sound)

Alternatively, cat foo.au > /dev/audio if you have sound hardware and
want something fancier ;)

-- 

	Jo