The
beep
utility is used to playback a beep on the soundcard.
The options are as follows:
| -F
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Sets the center frequency of the beep in Hz.
The default is 440 Hz .
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| -D
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Sets the duration of the beep in milliseconds.
The default is 150 ms .
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| -d
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Sets the soundcard to use.
The default is /dev/dsp .
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| -r
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Sets the soundcard samplerate in Hz.
The default is 48000 Hz.
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| -g
|
Sets the waveform gain, between 0 and 100 inclusively.
The default is 75.
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| -B
|
Runs the
beep
utility in the background.
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| -h
|
Display summary of options.
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