> Why don't I get a beep with: > > echo -e \a Because the shell absorbs the \ and the echo command sees only the letter a. Try this:
echo -e '\a' -- Cheers, Clive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140131073908.GA6222@rimmer.localdomain
