#Name

beep - beep the pc speaker

#Synopsis

$ beep

#Description

beep allows the user to beep the PC speaker.

#Options

• -f frequency, --beep-tone frequency: Beep tone (frequency in Hz)
• -n N, --duration N: Duration (N in milliseconds)

#Notes

If the user disabled the usage of PC speaker in the kernel commandline, the program will fail to use the PC speaker.

#Examples

# Use beep with default tone
$ beep
# Use beep with tone of 1000Hz
$ beep -f 1000
# Use beep with tone of 1000Hz for 1 second
$ beep -f 1000 -n 1000

#See also

• boot_parameters(7)