Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 15:34:13 +0200 From: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> To: Thomas Gellekum <tg@ihf.rwth-aachen.de>, Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: ac199@hwcn.org, Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: file://localhost/usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.html Message-ID: <19980513153412.16664@cons.org> In-Reply-To: <8767jacu2m.fsf@ghpc6.ihf.rwth-aachen.de>; from Thomas Gellekum on Wed, May 13, 1998 at 01:02:25PM %2B0200 References: <19980513182328.57620@welearn.com.au> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980513042955.251A-100000@localhost> <19980513195232.16585@welearn.com.au> <8767jacu2m.fsf@ghpc6.ihf.rwth-aachen.de>
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In <8767jacu2m.fsf@ghpc6.ihf.rwth-aachen.de>, Thomas Gellekum wrote:
> Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> writes:
>
> > > Although, of course, the correct way to beep from an sh file is
> > > to use `tput bl`.
> >
> > Jeez, no matter what the subject, someone comes up with a command I've
> > never heard of :-) OK, it works great but how come the man page doesn't
> > mention it?
>
> You're reading the wrong man page. From termcap(5):
>
> String TCap Description
> Variables Code
> back_tab bt back tab (P)
> bell bl audible signal (bell) (P)
Or using the wrong OS. NetBSD doesn't have it, so I would recoomend
against this command for portable shell scripts.
{bash|ksh} -c "echo -e '\a'"
Martin
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