On 0, Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How kind of you all to offer your "beep" and "ditty" solutions, I will > have to try them next time I break out the 8 woody CDs. > > However your suggestions of print(1) and echo(1) do not fill the bill > as I want a way to get the little speaker to beep due to #2: > 1. with standard tools > 2. from a batch script not connected to any terminal > 3. don't have to be root, however yes, a running X as a regular user > > Dan> I used to do the below, but now: > Dan> $ echo -e \\a > /dev/console > Dan> bash: /dev/console: Permission denied
Do you mean something like this:
--- thing.sh ---
sleep 3
echo -e \\a
--- thing.sh ---
# nohup ./thing.sh &
?
Tom
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