Usage: beep [--verbose|--debug] [-e DEVICE] [-f FREQ_Hz] [-l LEN_ms] [-r REPS] [<-d|-D> DELAY_ms] [-s] [-c] beep [OPTIONS] [-n|--new TONE_OPTS...] beep [-h|--help] beep [-v|-V|--version] Beep the PC speaker in a number of ways. Options: Information options: -h, --help print this usage information and exit -V, -v, --version print program version information and exit Global options: -e, --device=DEVICE set the device to output the beeps to (see beep(1) man page) --debug, --verbose make program output more verbose Tone options: -f FREQ_Hz frequency of the tone in Hertz (Hz) (default: @DEFAULT_FREQ@) -l LENGTH_ms length of the tone in milliseconds (ms) (default: @DEFAULT_LENGTH@) -d DELAY_ms delay between repetitions of the tone *without* delay after last repetition of the tone (default: @DEFAULT_DELAY@) -D DELAY_ms delay between repetitions of the tone *with* delay after last repetition of the tone (default: no delay after last note) -r REPS number of repetitions of the last tone (default: 1 note without repeats) -n, --new start a new tone -s read text from stdin and write it through to stdout, beeping the last defined tone for every newline in the text, until EOF in stdin -c like -s, but beep for every character in the text Exit status: 0 if OK non-0 if any problems occurred More documentation is available in the beep(1) man page via: man 1 beep