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From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To: parv <parv_@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: why does the bell ring twice?
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In the last episode (Jun 30), parv said:
> can anybody enlighten me why do bash & ksh ring the bell twice
> instead of once?
>=20
> # echo =07 &
>=20
> second beep is produced when you press enter when new/clear shell
> prompt shows up.

Because when you background a job, the shell keeps track of it and
notifies you when the command completes.  Try running "echo test &",
and look at the "done" message.  That's where your second bepp is
coming from.

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	Dan Nelson
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