BEEP!

[LunaPan]

Hi all, I'm trying to write an alias that will beep at the user when a program has finished running. How do I do this?

 

[PHV]

Something like this ?
echo "\007\c"

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[LunaPan]

That's not working... It needs to be in tcsh if that helps.

 

[PHV]

And this ?
/bin/echo "\007\c"

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[LunaPan]

Thanks, that did it.

What's the difference between the implementations of /usr/bin/echo (whereis echo) and /bin/echo ? Is /bin/echo just what ksh uses?

 

[LKBrwnDBA]

On some OS (Linux) you will need to use either of these:

echo -e "\007\c"
# -- or --
tput bel

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The person who says it can't be done should not interrupt the person doing it. -- Chinese proverb

 

[PHV]

I think /bin/echo is the posix implementation.
Another way should works too:
/bin/echo "\a\c"

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[chipperMDW]

What's the difference between the implementations of /usr/bin/echo (whereis echo) and /bin/echo ? Is /bin/echo just what ksh uses?

I think [tt]ksh[/tt] probably has a built-in [tt]echo[/tt], as do most shells. You can read the shell man page to see what "features" it has.