Bell & ssh

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mo, den 04.10.2004 schrieb Bill Gradwohl um 20:30:

> With 2 boxes next to me, if I ssh from one to the other, the echo 
> command doesn't beep, and neither does hitting the backspace key when 
> you're already at the beginning of a line. Performing the same thing on 
> the machines console does produce the beeps.

> Bill Gradwohl

Do you want to let the remote machine beep or the local one?

echo -e '\a' > /dev/console
    will let beep remote

echo -e '\a'
    does beep on local host when running the command in an ssh session
on a remote host

Does local beep work on your working machine from a terminal or console?

Alexander


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