Beep

Johnathan's beep beeps with the added ability to control pitch, duration and number of tones, allowing complete flexibility in generating audible feedback from the PC speaker.

=How to install= It is best to install beep by means of your distribution. For help see installing Software. sudo apt-get install beep If that is not possible, you may download the source code from the author's site
 * For Ubuntu

=How to use= man beep Options: (not a complete list) Some examples: $ beep $ beep -f 400 -r 3 -d 25 -l 100 $ tail -f /var/log/messages | grep something | beep -f 2000 -r 4 -l 25 -s $ beep -f 1500 -r 2 -n -r 5 -l 12 -n $ beep -f $(shuf -i 400-1000 -n 1) The frequencies are not limited to whole numbers, making it possible to generate accurate musical notes.
 * Read the man page:
 * -f N (frequency - beep at N Hz)
 * -l N (duration - beep for N milliseconds)
 * -r N (repetitions - beep N times)
 * -d N (delay - delay by N milliseconds)
 * -n   (new - specifies multiple beeps in a string)
 * Beep default
 * Three short beeps at 400 Hz with a short delay of 25 and tone length of 100
 * Audible log monitoring (-s use input mode, plays 4 short beeps)
 * Play 2 long beeps and several shorter beeps
 * Use a random frequency between 400 and 1000 Hz:

Note - Frequency C - 261.6 C# - 277.2 D - 293.7 D# - 311.1 E - 329.6 F - 349.2 F# - 370.0 G - 392.0 G# - 415.3 A - 440.0 A# - 466.2 B - 493.9 C - 523.2

=See also= Turn off system beep

=External links=
 * Johnathan's beep - author's download site
 * wikipedia.org - source code