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beep

A utility to beep the PC speaker. More information: https://github.com/spkr-beep/beep.
  • Play a beep:
    beep
  • Play a beep that repeats:
    beep -r {{repetitions}}
  • Play a beep at a specified frequency (Hz) and duration (milliseconds):
    beep -f {{frequency}} -l {{duration}}
  • Play each new frequency and duration as a distinct beep:
    beep -f {{frequency}} -l {{duration}} -n -f {{frequency}} -l {{duration}}
  • Play the C major scale:
    beep -f {{262}} -n -f {{294}} -n -f {{330}} -n -f {{349}} -n -f {{392}} -n -f {{440}} -n -f {{494}} -n -f {{523}}

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