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RE: Script

You can usually spell the control-G as \7 (that is backslash and numeral 7.

So,
	echo -e "\a" > /dev/console
	echo -e "\7" > /dev/console

should be equivalent.  The \a is preferred nowdays, I think.  \7 is for us
old f@#ts.

Rich


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tass@listserv.wwa.com [mailto:owner-tass@listserv.wwa.com]On
> Behalf Of Michael Koppelman
> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 17:12
> To: TASS
> Subject: Re: Script
>
>
> I've always used control-G as the bell sound. If you type
>
> echo quote control-v control-g quote and hit return, it beeps.
> This ends up
> looking like this:
>
> echo "^G"
>
> but it is not shift-6 G.
>
> An alternate way...
>
> Michael
>
>
> On 6/3/02 3:48 PM, "Doug Welch" <welch@physics.mcmaster.ca> wrote:
>
> > echo -e "\a" > /dev/console
>
>
>