beep Command Examples

A utility to beep the PC speaker. More information: https://github.com/spkr-beep/beep.

• Play a beep:

beep

• Play a beep that repeats:

beep -r {{repetitions}}

• Play a beep at a specified frequency (Hz) and duration (milliseconds):

beep -f {{frequency}} -l {{duration}}

• Play each new frequency and duration as a distinct beep:

beep -f {{frequency}} -l {{duration}} {{[-n|--new]}} -f {{frequency}} -l {{duration}}

• Play the C major scale:

beep -f {{262}} {{[-n|--new]}} -f {{294}} {{[-n|--new]}} -f {{330}} {{[-n|--new]}} -f {{349}} {{[-n|--new]}} -f {{392}} {{[-n|--new]}} -f {{440}} {{[-n|--new]}} -f {{494}} {{[-n|--new]}} -f {{523}}