Very Computer

I use bash and perl

if [ "$LOGNAME" != "root" ]
then
 echo -e '\007' >/dev/tty0
fi

If your console is the device console, check this out by doing a  tty   on
the console then replace the tty0 with what ever the tty command echo's
back.

Dave.T.

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my hands were going faster than my brain the echo command
should read...
echo  -e '\007' ......

thats a single quote not a double quote.

doh !

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|> > How can I send a beep to the console when someone logs in.
|> >
|> > I use bash and perl
|> >
|> >
|>
|> In the .login/.profile (don't recall which bash uses) add this:
|>
|> echo "\a" > /dev/console

Nope.  This will just print 'a' on the console.

$ echo -ne "\a" >/dev/console

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Quote:>> |>
>> |> echo "\a" > /dev/console

>Hmmm.... the echo "\a" worked, as did echo "\a">filename, with a cat of the
>file name ringing the bell. Granted I did not test doing this to the console
>(as I have a small aversion to playing with virtual fire).

>> Nope.  This will just print 'a' on the console.

>> $ echo -ne "\a" >/dev/console

>I'm on a DEC^h^h^hCompaq 8400, and there is no "e" option. What does this do?

However, the original question concerned bash, so

  echo -ne "\a"

is right: the -e enables escape expansion and the -n supresses the linefeed.

Chris Thompson
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