ADDING A SYSTEM BEEP TO A SCRIPT

[johngiggs]

I am writing a script to check to see if a process is running, and if it is not, I would like it to cause a system beep. Any ideas on how I could accomplish this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

John

 

[olded]

echo "\07"

 

[johngiggs]

olded,

I tried entering "echo "\07"" from the command line, however nothing happened.

John

 

[olded]

John:

executing

echo "\07"

works on my solaris 7 and even my MKS korn shell under DOS (sorry, Windows NT). If you're running Linux, try:

echo -e '\a'

got this from the echo man page.

Regards,

Ed

 

[jamisar]

echo "^G" should also work -----------
when they don't ask you anymore, where they are come from, and they don't tell you anymore, where they go ... you'r getting older !

 

[johngiggs]

I got it to work with "echo ^G" (control-g). I only got "echo "\07"" to work with AIX.

Thank you all for your help!!

John

 

[bigoldbulldog]

I like to use tput bel Cheers,
ND

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