beep(1) ring the bell

SYNOPSIS

beep ?percent?





DESCRIPTION

The beep command rings the keyboard bell. Percent is relative to the base volume of the keyboard bell and can range from -100 to 100 inclusive.

If percent is nonnegative then the bell volume is:



base - [(base * percent) / 100] + percent

If percent is negative then the bell volume is:



base + [(base * percent) / 100]

The default percent is 50.

EXAMPLE



beep

KEYWORDS

bell, beep