1.\"- 2.\" Copyright (c) 2021 Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@FreeBSD.org> 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 13.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 14.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 15.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 16.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 17.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 18.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 19.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 20.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 21.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 23.\" 24.\" $FreeBSD$ 25.\" 26.Dd November 4, 2021 27.Dt beep 1 28.Os 29.Sh NAME 30.Nm beep 31.Nd play a beep sound 32.Sh SYNOPSIS 33.Nm 34.Op Fl F Ar frequency 35.Op Fl D Ar duration_ms 36.Op Fl r Ar sample_rate_hz 37.Op Fl d Ar oss_device 38.Op Fl g Ar gain 39.Op Fl B 40.Op Fl h 41.Sh DESCRIPTION 42The 43.Nm 44utility is used to playback a beep on the soundcard. 45.Pp 46The options are as follows: 47.Bl -tag -width "-f device" 48.It Fl F 49Sets the center frequency of the beep in Hz. 50The default is 440 Hz . 51.It Fl D 52Sets the duration of the beep in milliseconds. 53The default is 150 ms . 54.It Fl d 55Sets the soundcard to use. 56The default is /dev/dsp . 57.It Fl r 58Sets the soundcard samplerate in Hz. 59The default is 48000 Hz. 60.It Fl g 61Sets the waveform gain, between 0 and 100 inclusively. 62The default is 75. 63.It Fl B 64Runs the 65.Nm 66utility in the background. 67.It Fl h 68Display summary of options. 69.El 70.Sh EXAMPLES 71.Pp 72Playback default beep sound using /dev/dsp . 73.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent 74.It $ beep 75.El 76.Sh SEE ALSO 77.Xr mixer 3 , 78.Xr sound 4 , 79.Sh HISTORY 80The 81.Nm 82utility first appeared in FreeBSD 14.0. 83.Sh AUTHORS 84.An Hans Petter Selasky Aq Mt hselasky@FreeBSD.org 85